José Kelvin de la Nieve Linares (born 28 August 1986) is a

boxer Boxer most commonly refers to: *Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing * Boxer (dog), a breed of dog Boxer or boxers may also refer to: Animal kingdom * Boxer crab * Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans * Boxer snipe ee ...

. Born in the Dominican Republic, he represents Spain internationally. He competed in the light flyweight weight class at the

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and

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

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

Huelva Huelva ( , , ) is a municipality of Spain and the capital of the Huelva (province), province of Huelva, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. Located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits betwee ...

. He has been competing with the Club Deportivo Yoon. After failing to qualify for the

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

, he won the bronze medal in the 2005

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fi ...

and was able to become the only boxer from Spain to box in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

. He lost his Olympic debut to American southpaw

Luis Yanez Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

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 Hovhannes Danielyan (, born April 11, 1987, in Armenian SSR) is an Armenian light flyweight amateur boxer. He is a European Champion and Olympian. Career Danielyan won a bronze medal at the 2004 Junior World Amateur Boxing Championships in Jeju ...

in the final. At the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships 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 20 ...

from

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

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 lo ...

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 Spanish people of Dominican Republic descent 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 Boxers at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing 21st-century Spanish sportsmen 21st-century Dominican Republic sportsmen {{Spain-boxing-bio-stub