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Diamantino Iuna Fafé

Diamantino Iuna Fafé

Bissau-Guinean freestyle wrestler

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

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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

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References

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    "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.
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    "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.
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    "Results Book" (PDF). 2018 African Youth Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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    "2019 World Wrestling Championships Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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    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.
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    "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.
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    Berkeley, Geoff (22 May 2022). "Algeria earn four golds on final day of African Wrestling Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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    "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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