José Kelvin de la Nieve Linares (born August 28, 1986, in

Los Alcarrizos Los Alcarrizos is a municipality (''municipio'') of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are the following municipal districts (''distritos municipales''): Palmarejo-Villa Linda and Pantoja. For co ...

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) is a boxer who competed in the

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weight class at the

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and 2012 Summer Olympics for

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. He became a Spanish citizen in 2000 and is based out of

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. He has been competing with the Club Deportivo Yoon. After failing to qualify for the 2004 Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 2005 Mediterranean Games and was able to become the only boxer from Spain to box in

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. He lost his Olympic debut to American southpaw Luis Yanez 9:12. De la Nieve won silver at the

2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Liverpool, England in November 2008. They were the 37th edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. Medal winners M ...

in Liverpool, England after he lost to Hovhannes Danielyan in the final. At the

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in Moscow, Russia he won the bronze medal after he lost to

Paddy Barnes Patrick Gerard Barnes (born 9 April 1987) is an Irish former boxer who competed as an amateur from 2005 to 2016 and as a professional from 2016 to 2019. As an amateur he competed in the light-flyweight division, representing Ireland at the 200 ...

from

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in the Semifinals. He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but again lost in the first round, this time to

Carlos Quipo Carlos Quipo Pilataxi (born May 17, 1990, Quijos) is an Ecuador amateur boxer who competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics in the men's light flyweight event. At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he defeated Ferhat Pehlivan (TUR) but l ...

of Ecuador.

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in Spanish 1986 births Living people Dominican Republic male boxers Olympic boxers for Spain Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Light-flyweight boxers Naturalised citizens of Spain Dominican Republic emigrants to Spain Spanish male boxers Boxers at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Spain Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing {{Spain-boxing-bio-stub