Wanderley Pereira

Wanderley Pereira

Personal information
Nickname	Holyfield
National team	Brazil
Born	(2001-05-02) 2 May 2001 (age 24) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Sport
Country	Brazil
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing   Brazil World Championships 2023 Tashkent Middleweight Pan American Games 2023 Santiago -80 kg South American Games 2022 Asunción Light heavyweight

Wanderley de Souza Pereira (born 2 May 2001) 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). 27 October 2023. 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.

External links

• Wanderley Pereira at BoxRec (registration required)