Jonas Matheus (born 29 July 1986) is a

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

n boxer. He began boxing in 2010 and competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

as a

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boxer, where he was defeated by Italian

Vittorio Parrinello Jahyn Vittorio Parrinello (born 8 August 1983) is an Italian professional boxer. As an amateur he competed in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Career At the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight he lost his first fight to 2004 silver medalist Worapoj Petchko ...

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1986 births Living people Olympic boxers for Namibia Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Namibian male boxers {{Namibia-boxing-bio-stub