José Kelvin de la Nieve Linares (born August 28, 1986, in Los Alcarrizos, Dominican Republic) is a boxer who competed in the light flyweight weight class at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics for Spain.

He became a Spanish citizen in 2000 and is based out of Huelva. He has been competing with the Club Deportivo Yoon. After failing to qualify for the 2004 Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 2005 Mediterranean Games and was able to become the only boxer from Spain to box in Beijing. He lost his Olympic debut to American southpaw Luis Yanez 9:12.

José Kelvin de la Nieve

De la Nieve won silver at the 2008 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Liverpool, England after he lost to Hovhannes Danielyan in the final.

José Kelvin de la Nieve

At the 2010 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Moscow, Russia he won the bronze medal after he lost to Paddy Barnes from Ireland in the Semifinals.

José Kelvin de la Nieve

He qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but again lost in the first round, this time to Carlos Quipo of Ecuador.

References

External links

Yahoo profile

Interview in Spanish

1986 births

Living people

Dominican Republic male boxers

Olympic boxers for Spain

Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Light-flyweight boxers

Naturalised citizens of Spain

Dominican Republic emigrants to Spain

Spanish male boxers

Boxers at the 2015 European Games

European Games competitors for Spain

Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain

Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain

Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing