Yuri Falcão

Yuri Falcão
Personal information
National team Brazil
Born (2002-08-18) 18 August 2002 [1]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Brazil
World Championships
2025 Liverpool 65 kg
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago -63.5 kg

Yuri Falcão dos Reis (born 18 August 2002 in Vila Velha) is a Brazilian boxer.[3][4] He is the nephew of Olympic medalists Yamaguchi Falcão and Esquiva Falcão.[5]

Career

In 2021, he competed in the 2021 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Kielce, Poland, where he reached the quarterfinals in the -60 kg category.[6]

He was champion of the Brazilian Boxing Championship in 2022 and 2023.[7]

At the 2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, he won two fights, but in the round of 16, facing Olympic medalist and world champion from Cuba Lázaro Álvarez, he ended up being eliminated in the Light welterweight category.[8][9]

At the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, he won a bronze medal in the 63.5 kg category.[10]

At the 2025 World Boxing Championships, he won four fights, reaching the final defeating olympic champion Erislandy Álvarez at the semifinal, and securing a silver medal. [11][12]

References

  1. ^ Relação de inscrições
  2. ^ Quem são os atletas capixabas que vão disputar o Pan-Americano 2023?
  3. ^ Profile at BoxRec
  4. ^ Abner Teixeira e Yuri Reis avançam às oitavas do Mundial de Boxe
  5. ^ Quem são os atletas capixabas que vão disputar o Pan-Americano 2023?
  6. ^ Yuri dos Reis perde para cazaque e dá adeus ao Mundial de Boxe
  7. ^ Quem são os atletas capixabas que vão disputar o Pan-Americano 2023?
  8. ^ "Yuri Falcão estreia com vitória no Mundial Masculino". Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  9. ^ Abner Teixeira e Yuri Reis avançam às oitavas do Mundial de Boxe
  10. ^ Capixaba Yuri Falcão conquista a medalha de bronze no Pan de Santiago
  11. ^ Wanderley Pereira, Rebeca Santos e Yuri Falcão vencem e Brasil terá sete atletas nas quartas de final do Mundial de Boxe 2025
  12. ^ Capixaba Yuri Falcão é vice-campeão no Campeonato Mundial de Boxe