José Kelvin de la Nieve
Kelvin de la Nieve ( born August 22, 1986 in Alcarrizos, Dominican Republic ) is a Spanish boxer Dominican origin.
Career
Kelvin de la Nieve Linares emigrated with his parents in 1997 by the Dominican Republic to Spain and became naturalized there in 2000. He was based in Huelva and began at the age of 15 years at the club Yoon Boxing Huelva with the boxes. His coach was Beni Alloza.
The 1.63 m tall athlete starts since the beginning of his career at light flyweight, the class to 48 kg body weight. After he was in Spain in the Junior competitions already one of the best boxers in 2004 he could achieve good results even in some international tournaments. So he reached the tournament the Spanish boxing federation boxing at the 2004 Vitoria- Gasteiz the finals where he lost against Frenchman Sofiane Takouchi just on points. At the Junior World Championship 2004 in Jeju / South Korea he lost after a bye in the second round against the Turks, Mustafa Dogan on points ( 8:13 ) and retired.
2005 Kelvin de la Nieve first Spanish champion in the light flyweight and was also at the box -Am tournament in 2005 in Lanzarote tournament winner with a points victory ( 43:18 ) in the final over Pavel Petrov from Russia. At the 2005 World Championships in Mianyang / China he remained unplaced, he's the same lost his first fight against the Japanese Kenji Ohkuba by points ( 24:30 ) there.
In 2006, Kelvin de la Nieve again Spanish champion in the light flyweight. He won again with the Box -Am tournament in 2006 in Lanzarote. He hit fight for victory Ilgiz Machmutow from Russia on points. In the Strandja Tournament in Plovdiv, he came to a win over Yanko Yankew from Bulgaria and a defeat against Salim Badji from Algeria to third place. At the European Championships this year in Plovdiv he came to a termination victory in the third round of Kadri cord from Turkey, but lost in the quarterfinals against Veli Mumin from Macedonia by demolition in the 3rd round. He got away with it in the final with three other boxers on the 5th Place.
Kelvin de la Nieve 2007 came with the Box -Am tournament in Vigo the final, where he lost to the French lace boxer Nordine Oubaali after behertem fight just by points ( 26:32 ). He came 2nd and the 58th Strandja Tournament in Plovdiv. Here he was defeated in the final battle against Bischan Tschakipow from Kazakhstan. In the championship of the European Union in Dublin, he reached the final, where he but the Hungarian world-class man Pál Bedak defeated by points ( 10:20 ). At the 2007 World Championships in Chicago, he left with a win over Olimjan Nazarov from Uzbekistan and renewed defeat by Norine Oubaali after the second round and reached the 9th Place.
The year 2008 began with Kelvin de Nieve al with a victory at the box -Am in Valladolid. He defeated there in the final Hovhannes Danieljan from Armenia on points. Then his attempt failed to qualify for the Olympic Games by a point defeat in the quarter-final against Lukasz Maszczyk the first European qualifying tournament in Pescara / Italy. However, in May 2008, he was able to use the last available opportunity at the Second European qualifying tournament in Athens. He defeated there Vysniauskas Marius from Lithuania, Darren Langley from England and Veli Mumin and had thus reached the final against Pál Bedak, which he had managed to qualify for Beijing. Counter Pál Bedak he no longer went to.
In Beijing, Kelvin de la Nieve Linares resigned after his first fight with one defeat against the Americans Luis Yáñez and landed with it on the 17th Place.
At the European Championships 2010 in Moscow, he reached a point victories over Lukasz Maszcyk, Poland ( 6:1) and Ferhat Pehlivan, Turkey ( 2:1) the semi-finals, where he lost to eventual title winner Paddy Barnes of Ireland with 3:6 points. He thus won a European Championship bronze medal.
2011 de la Nieve was. Both at the European Championships in Ankara as well as including the World Championships in Baku seventh With the latter success, he qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In preparation, he took part in 2012 in an international tournament in Sofia, lost here but in the quarter-final against the World Cup runners- Shin Jong -Hun au Korea. In the Spanish championships in the same year he won the gold medal sovereign. At the games, but de la Nieve lost in the first battle against the Ecuadorians Carlos Quipo with 14:11 points.
In the Mediterranean Games in 2013 de la Nieve won with a final win over Vincenzo Picardi, Italy ( 2:1), the gold medal.
International success
Spanish Championships
(Final results )
- 2005, Hfl, demolition Winner 1st Round of Cristian Torre,
- 2006, Hfl, point winner over Jordi Gallart,
- 2008, Fl, demolition winner 3rd round over Jose Rodriguez
- 2012, Final, point winner over Alejandro Torres
Notes
- OS = The Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship,
- Flyweight ( paper weight), body weight kg to 48 kg