Augusto Midana (born 20 May 1984 in Sucuto-Nhacra) is a freestyle wrestler from

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

who competes in the men's middleweight (-74 kg) category. He represented Guinea-Bissau in the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, China, and was the flagbearer for his nation during the opening ceremonies of those games. He competed again at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 7th place. He once again competed for Guinea-Bissau at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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. He was defeated by

Jordan Burroughs Jordan Ernest Burroughs (born July 8, 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler and former folkstyle wrestler who currently competes at 79 kilograms, and previously competed at 74 kilos. In freestyle, he was the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, is ...

of the

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in the first round. He was the flagbearer for Guinea-Bissau during the Parade of Nations. He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Guinea-Bissau at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. Midana is six-time African champion at the men's middleweight (–74 kg) category.

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* * * 1984 births Living people Bissau-Guinean male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Guinea-Bissau Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics African Wrestling Championships medalists African Games bronze medalists for Guinea-Bissau African Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2019 African Games {{GuineaBissau-wrestling-bio-stub