Diamantino Iuna Fafé (born 10 June 2001) is a Bissau-Guinean freestyle wrestler. He is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the

African Wrestling Championships The African Wrestling Championships are amateur wrestling championships. Events are held in men's freestyle wrestling, men's Greco-Roman wrestling and women's freestyle wrestling. In 1996 a tournament for women was held for the first time. Edi ...

. He competed in the men's 57kg event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

held in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

In 2018, he won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the

African Youth Games The African Youth Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years to complement the current Africa Games. The first games was hosted by Rabat, Morocco. This international sportive event has been created by Lassana Palenfo, cur ...

. In 2019, he competed in the 57kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his first match by Yuki Takahashi of Japan. He qualified at the

2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament was the third regional qualifying tournament for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The event was held from 2 to 4 April 2021, in Hammamet, Tunisia. Qualification summary A total of 3 ...

to represent Guinea-Bissau at the

in Tokyo, Japan. He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the

2022 African Wrestling Championships The 2022 African Wrestling Championships was a wrestling competition. The competition was originally scheduled to be held in El Jadida, Morocco, during 6–11 April 2021, then was postponed to 17–22 May 2022 at the same venue. Medals Seniors J ...

held in El Jadida, Morocco.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fafe, Diamantino Iuna 2001 births Living people Bissau-Guinean male sport wrestlers African Wrestling Championships medalists Olympic wrestlers for Guinea-Bissau Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people)