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modalities index > BoxinG > esqUiva Falcão Florentino esquiVA faLCão Florentino serra, es 12/12/89 75kg 1,71m main titles 3 rd place at the World Championship (11) • bronze medalist at the Medellin 2010 South American Games • 2 nd place at the- Olympic Cup (10) • 1 st place at the Brazilian Championship (10) • 2 nd place at the Pan American Championship (07) category Middleweight (-75kg) home index print page previous next note Esquiva Florentino secured a place for London 2012 with the bronze medal won at the Baku World Boxing Championship in Azerbaijan last October. He comes from a family with great boxing tradition. His father, the legendary fighter “Touro Moreno” used to train at home and this encouraged him to join the sport. His older brother, Yamaguchi Falcão won the silver medal at the Guadalajara Pan American Games in 2011. Boxing

modalities index > BoxinG > everton dos santos lopes eVerton doS SanToS lopes salvador, Ba 08/08/88 64kg 1,71m main titles 1 st place at the World Championship (11) • bronze medalist at the Guadalajara Pan American Games 2011) • silver medalist at the Pan American Games Rio 2007 • silver medalist at the Buenos Aires South American Games 2006 category Lightweight (-64kg) home index print page previous next note With the world title won in Baku, Azerbaijan, he guaranteed a place in London 2012 and ended a long period of 25 years without a medal for Brazil in world championships of this sport modality. At 16 he wanted to be tested to play football for the Vitoria football team (BA) when he watched a boxing fight on TV, and decided to be a boxer. Eight months later he already was part of the Brazilian national team, and went to the Beijing Olympic Games. During his free time Everton Lopes enjoys visiting his family at the Porto Santo Island, Bahia. Boxing

modalities index > BoxinG > everton dos santos lopes<br />

eVerton doS SanToS lopes<br />

salvador, Ba<br />

08/08/88<br />

64kg<br />

1,71m<br />

main titles<br />

1 st place at the World<br />

Championship (11) • bronze<br />

medalist at the Guadalajara Pan<br />

American Games 2011) • silver<br />

medalist at the Pan American<br />

Games Rio 2007 • silver medalist at<br />

the Buenos Aires South American<br />

Games 2006<br />

category<br />

Lightweight (-64kg)<br />

home index print<br />

page<br />

previous next<br />

note<br />

With the world title won in Baku,<br />

Azerbaijan, he guaranteed a place in<br />

London 2012 and ended a long period<br />

of 25 years without a medal for Brazil<br />

in world championships of this sport<br />

modality. At 16 he wanted to be<br />

tested to play football for the Vitoria<br />

football team (BA) when he watched a<br />

boxing fight on TV, and decided to be<br />

a boxer. Eight months later he already<br />

was part of the Brazilian national<br />

team, and went to the Beijing Olympic<br />

Games. During his free time Everton<br />

Lopes enjoys visiting his family at the<br />

Porto Santo Island, Bahia.<br />

Boxing

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