Myke Carvalho

Myke Carvalho

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Born	October 28, 1983
Medal record Men's Boxing Competitor for  Brazil Pan American Games Bronze 2007 Rio Light Welterweight South American Games Gold 2010 Medellin Light Welterweight Gold 2006 Buenos Aires Light Welterweight Silver 2002 Belém Featherweight

Myke Michel Ribeiro de Carvalho (born October 28, 1983 in Belém do Pará) is a Brazilian amateur boxer, best known to participate in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics and win a PanAm bronze in 2007.

Career

Carvalho stems from a boxing family, his uncle Dalgírio Ribeiro was a professional boxer. He started working out at the age of 11 and had his first amateur bout with 15.

Carvalho won silver at the South American Games 2002 at feather losing to Nehomar Cermeno.

He qualified for the Olympic Games by ending up in first place at the 2nd AIBA American 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At age 21 Carvalho lost at the Olympics 2004 in the men's lightweight to Alex de Jesús of Puerto Rico, 24:39.

Now at junior welter he won the 2006 South American Games. At the PanAm Games 2007 he lost at junior welter 8:9 to eventual winner Karl Dargan in the semis and settled for bronze.

At the second Olymopic qualifier he lost his semifinal to Manuel Félix Díaz but edged out Gumersindo Carrasco in the all-important third-place bout 3:2 to qualify.

External links

• Article in Brazilian, data
• 2006 South Americans
• PanAm Games

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Name	Carvalho, Myke
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Date of birth	October 28, 1983
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