Wanderson de Oliveira
Born (1997-03-26) 26 March 1997
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Statistics
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 TashkentLight middleweight
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2018 CochabambaLightweight
Gold medal – first place2022 AsunciónLight middleweight
World Military Boxing Championships
Bronze medal – third place2021 MoscowLight welterweight

Wanderson de Oliveira (born 26 March 1997) is a Brazilian boxer.[1] He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Career

Born in Complexo da Maré, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Wanderson played football until he discovered boxing. He received the nickname Sugar, due to the “crank” punches, characteristic of American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard.[4]

He made his World Championships debut at the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships, where he unanimously beat Kenyan Nicholas Okoth in the initial phase. In the 2nd round, he lost to the French Sofiane Oumiha, runner-up at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, who ended up being the champion of this tournament. [5]

At the 2018 South American Games held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, he won a gold medal in the Lightweight (60kg) category.[6]

He reached the quarterfinals of the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships held in Russia, in the Light welterweight category.[7]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, he reached the quarterfinals, being eliminated by cuban Andy Cruz, who ended up as 2020 Olympic champion.[8]

At the 2021 World Military Boxing Championship held in Moscow, Russia, Wanderson de Oliveira reached the semifinals of the -64 kg category, where he was defeated by Belarusian Dzmitry Asanau and took the bronze medal.[9]

At the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia, he reached the quarterfinals of the welterweight category, where he lost to American Omari Jones, who ended up winning silver in this tournament.[10]

At the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Paraguay, he won his second title, now in the light middleweight category. [11]

At the 2023 IBA World Boxing Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Wanderson de Oliveira was defeated by Uzbek Saidjamshid Jafarov in the semi-final of the light-middleweight category (-71kg), obtaining the bronze medal.[12]

At the 2023 Pan American Games, where he participated in this competition for the first time, he was surprised in the first round by Ecuadorian José Gabriel Tenório, being eliminated in the round of 16.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Wanderson de Oliveira". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Boxing: Men's Light (57-63kg)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ↑ BRAZIL BOXING AT 2020 OLYMPICS BY COB
  4. ↑ BRAZIL BOXING AT 2020 OLYMPICS BY COB
  5. ↑ Brasileiros perdem e deixam país sem representantes no Mundial de boxe
  6. ↑ Dois Ouros, uma Prata e três Bronzes nos Jogos Sul-Americanos
  7. ↑ Wanderson "Sugar" de Oliveira avança no Mundial de Boxe, na Rússia
  8. ↑ Wanderson perde para cubano e cai nas quartas de final dos pesos leves
  9. ↑ Leanderson Conceição vai à final e Wanderson é bronze no Mundial
  10. ↑ Keno Marley vence e garante medalha no Mundial de Boxe
  11. ↑ Campeão por equipes, boxe conquista sete ouros nos Jogos Sul-Americanos
  12. ↑ Wanderley vai à final, e Wanderson é bronze no Mundial de boxe
  13. ↑ Brasil já tem 11 boxeadores nas quartas de final do Pan
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