Diamantino Iuna Fafé

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

Diamantino Iuna Fafé
Personal information
Born (2001-06-10) 10 June 2001[1]
Sport
CountryGuinea-Bissau
SportAmateur wrestling
Weight class57 kg
Event(s)Freestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  Guinea-Bissau
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Hammamet 57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Algiers 57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 El Jadida 57 kg

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 57 kg 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]

Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Event
2020 African Championships Algiers, Algeria 2nd Freestyle 57 kg
2022 African Championships El Jadida, Morocco 3rd Freestyle 57 kg
2023 African Championships Hammamet, Tunisia 1st Freestyle 57 kg

References
  1. "Wrestling: IUNA FAFE Diamantino". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 African Youth Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. Shefferd, Neil (4 April 2021). "Algeria claim four places at Tokyo 2020 on final day of UWW Africa and Oceania Olympic qualifier". InsideTheGames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  6. "2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  7. Berkeley, Geoff (22 May 2022). "Algeria earn four golds on final day of African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. "2022 African Wrestling Championships Results Book" (PDF). UWW.org. United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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