Wanderley Pereira Explained

Wanderley Pereira
Nickname:	Holyfield
National Team:	Brazil
Country:	Brazil
Sport:	Boxing
Birth Date:	2 May 2001
Birth Place:	Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

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]

Notes and References

1. https://www.aen.pr.gov.br/sites/default/arquivos_restritos/files/documento/2022-05/3005listacontemplados.pdf Lista de contemplados
2. https://boxrec.com/en/box-am/1043328 Wanderley at BoxRec
3. Web site: 2022-10-13 . Campeão por equipes, Boxe conquista sete Ouros nos Jogos Sul-Americanos – CBBoxe . 2023-11-15 . pt-BR.
4. Web site: Wanderley Pereira perde a final e fica com a prata no Mundial de boxe . 2023-11-15 . www.uol.com.br . pt-br.
5. Web site: Pan 2023: confira as medalhas do Brasil no dia 27/10 . 2023-11-15 . www.lance.com.br . 27 October 2023 . pt-br.
6. Web site: Gavini . Fernando . 2023-11-12 . Brasil tem 145 classificados para os Jogos Olímpicos . 2023-11-15 . Olimpíada Todo Dia . pt-BR.