Daniel Varela de Pina

Daniel Varela de Pina
Personal information
Born (1996-08-07) 7 August 1996
Santa Cruz, Cape Verde
Height5 ft 4 in (162.56 cm)
Sport
CountryCape Verde
SportBoxing
Weight class
Bantamweight Flyweight
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Cape Verde
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisFlyweight
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 MaputoBantamweight

Daniel David Varela de Pina (born 7 August 1996) is a Cape Verdean amateur boxer.[1] He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] Valera de Pina won a bronze medal at the 2022 African Amateur Boxing Championships in the bantamweight division. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Varela de Pina was the flagbearer for his country at the opening ceremony and went on to make history by becoming the first ever Olympic medalist from Cape Verde, taking bronze in the flyweight division.[3][4]Valera de Pina moved up to Bantamweight in 2025, and later in the year competed in the 2025 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships in Dubai, losing to Artur Nagapetyan in the Round of 16. Valera de Pina won the 2026 Portugal Cup.

Olympic results

Tokyo 2020


Paris 2024

References

  1. ↑ "Boxing - VARELA de PINA Daniel David". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Boxing - Men's Fly (48-52kg) Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Jubilant boxer David De Pina secures the first-ever Olympic medal for Cape Verde". AP News. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "'Mickey Mouse' boxer toasts Cape Verde's first Olympic medal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.


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