Diamantino Iuna Fafé Explained

Diamantino Iuna Fafé
Birth Date:2001 6, df=yes[1]
Country:Guinea-Bissau
Sport:Amateur wrestling
Weight Class:57 kg
Event:Freestyle

Diamantino Iuna Fafé (born 10 June 2001) is a Bissau-Guinean freestyle wrestler. He is a four-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the African Wrestling Championships. He competed in the men's 57kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Career

In 2018, he won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the African Youth Games.[3] In 2019, he competed in the 57kg event at the World Wrestling Championships held in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan where he was eliminated in his first match by Yuki Takahashi of Japan.[4]

He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Guinea-Bissau at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[5] [6]

He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 African Wrestling Championships held in El Jadida, Morocco.[7] [8]

He competed in the men's freestyle 57kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[9]

Achievements

YearTournamentVenueResultEvent
2020African ChampionshipsAlgiers, Algeria2ndFreestyle 57kg
2022African ChampionshipsEl Jadida, Morocco3rdFreestyle 57kg
2023African ChampionshipsHammamet, Tunisia1stFreestyle 57kg
2024African ChampionshipsAlexandria, Egypt1stFreestyle 57kg

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling: IUNA FAFE Diamantino . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 2021-08-04 . 2021-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730135312/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/wrestling/athlete-profile-n1458059-iuna-fafe-diamantino.htm . dead.
  2. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807164330/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WRE/OG2020-_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 7 August 2021 . 8 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210405171440/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2018-07/results_07_alger.pdf . 5 April 2021 . 5 April 2021 . 2018 African Youth Games.
  4. Web site: 2019 World Wrestling Championships Results . unitedworldwrestling.org . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200412151211/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-09/nur-sultan_kz_final-book_1.pdf . 12 April 2020 . 12 April 2020.
  5. News: Shefferd . Neil . 4 April 2021 . Algeria claim four places at Tokyo 2020 on final day of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier . InsideTheGames.biz . . 4 April 2021.
  6. Web site: 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210505200512/https://uww.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/final-book.pdf . 5 May 2021 . 5 May 2021 . UWW.org . United World Wrestling.
  7. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 22 May 2022 . Algeria earn four golds on final day of African Wrestling Championships . . 23 May 2022.
  8. Web site: 2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220522205433/https://cdn.uww.org/s3fs-public/2022-05/2022_african_championships_fianl_book.pdf?VersionId=PYd6pUvzQuShQSFaC65kY4NpHER5J7cS . 22 May 2022 . 22 May 2022 . UWW.org . United World Wrestling.
  9. Web site: Wrestling Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811181048/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WRE/OG2024_WRE_B99_WRE-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.