Kelvin de la Nieve
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José Kelvin de la Nieve Linares (born 28 August 1986) is a boxer. Born in the Dominican Republic, he represents Spain internationally. He competed in the light flyweight weight class at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
He became a Spanish citizen in 2000 and is based out of Huelva. He has been competing with the Club Deportivo Yoon. After failing to qualify for the 2004 Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 2005 Mediterranean Games and was able to become the only boxer from Spain to box in Beijing. He lost his Olympic debut to American southpaw Luis Yanez 9:12.
De la Nieve won silver at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England after he lost to Hovhannes Danielyan in the final.[1]
At the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow, Russia he won the bronze medal after he lost to Paddy Barnes from Ireland in the Semifinals.
He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but again lost in the first round, this time to Carlos Quipo of Ecuador.[2]
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- Yahoo profile
- Interview in Spanish
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- 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