Wanderley Pereira
Personal information
NicknameHolyfield
National teamBrazil
Born (2001-05-02) 2 May 2001
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 TashkentMiddleweight
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Santiago-80 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2022 AsunciónLight heavyweight

Wanderley de Souza Pereira (born 2 May 2001 in Curitiba) is a Brazilian boxer.[1][2]

Career

At the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay, he won a gold medal in the Light heavyweight (80 kg) category.[3]

At the 2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he won a silver medal in the Middleweight category. [4]

At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, he won a silver medal in the 80 kg category.[5] With this, he qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Lista de contemplados
  2. ↑ Wanderley at BoxRec
  3. ↑ "Campeão por equipes, Boxe conquista sete Ouros nos Jogos Sul-Americanos – CBBoxe" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Wanderley Pereira perde a final e fica com a prata no Mundial de boxe". www.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Pan 2023: confira as medalhas do Brasil no dia 27/10". www.lance.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  6. ↑ Gavini, Fernando (12 November 2023). "Brasil tem 145 classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos". Olimpíada Todo Dia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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