Washington Luís da Silva (born February 25, 1976, in Diadema,

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) is a Brazilian amateur

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best known to participate in the 2004 Olympics and qualifying for 2008 at light-heavyweight. He is the uncle of Hamilton Ventura but only five years older.

Career

At the 2003 PanAm Games he lost to

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. He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In Athens, Greece he lost in the first round 22:27 to

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. Washington Silva shared his light heavyweight titles with another light heavyweight Alexsandro cardoso, won his seat to play international matches, with the passing Alexsandro professional boxing At the 2005 World Championships he almost medaled when he lost his quarterfinal to Artak Malumyan only on countback. Two years later, at the

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in his native Brazil he lost in the quarterfinal to

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. At the 2008 Olympic qualifier in Trinidad he lost to Puerto Rico's Carlos Negron but upset Christopher Downs for the third qualifying spot. In Beijing he defeated

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and

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then he was shut out by Irish

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1976 births Light-heavyweight boxers Living people Olympic boxers for Brazil Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Brazilian male boxers South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2002 South American Games Boxers at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Brazil Sportspeople from São Paulo (state) People from Diadema {{Brazil-boxing-bio-stub