Yoel Finol

Yoel Finol
Finol in 2015
Born
Yoel Segundo Finol Rivas

(1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 28)
Mérida, Venezuela
Statistics
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights3
Wins3
Wins by KO1
Losses0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Venezuela
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio Janeiro Flyweight
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Light Flyweight
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Bantamweight

Yoel Segundo Finol Rivas (born 21 September 1996) is a Venezuelan professional boxer. As an amateur he was awarded the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics after the original silver medalist, Mikhail Aloyan, was disqualified following a failed drugs test.[1]

  1. ^ "Yoel Finol awarded the Olympic silver medal after the disqualification of Misha Aloian". scorum.com. Retrieved 11 August 2020.