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DOMINICAN BOXERS ADDED TO PARIS 2024 MEDAL TALLY
Yunior Alcantara and Cristian Pinales won the bronze medal in boxing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, after falling in the semifinals of the 51 kg and 80 kg divisions, respectively, events held at the North Paris Arena, in the city of France.
Alcantara lost by unanimous decision to local Billal Bennama, while Pinales was defeated by split decision, and both won the first two bronze medals for the Dominican Republic.
🇩🇴 Nuestros pugilistas Yunior Alcántara y Cristian Pinales, son los primeros medallistas del @TeamDomDR en los #juegosolimpicos de #Paris2024, al quedarse con la presea de bronce 🥉, en las divisiones 51 kg y 80 kg, respectivamente.
— Comité Olímpico Dominicano (@COLIMDO) August 4, 2024
👏 Todo un país orgulloso de ustedes 🇩🇴🥉 pic.twitter.com/3EgWLyerVu
These two bronze medals are the fourth in the history of Olympic boxing in the Caribbean country, where Pedro Julio Nolasco opened the medal table in the 1984 edition of Los Angeles with bronze.
In 2008, Félix Manuel Díaz, won the first Olympic Games title in boxing, while Yunior and Cristian, add to the Dominican Republic’s historical medal list.
DOMINICAN OLYMPIC MEDAL LIST
The following is a breakdown of the medal tally of the Dominican delegation in the history of the Olympic Games, updated with the performance in Paris 2024.
| EDITION | ATHLETE | SPORT | MEDAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Ángeles 1984 | Pedro Julio Nolasco | Boxing, -54 kg | Bronze |
| Atenas 2004 | Félix Sánchez | Athletics, 400m hurdles | Gold |
| Beijing 2008 | Félix Díaz Gabriel Mercedes | Boxing, 64 kg Taekwondo, 58 kg | Gold Silver |
| Londres 2012 | Félix Sánchez Luguelín Santos | Athletics, 400m hurdles Athletics, 400m | Gold Silver |
| Río 2016 | Luisito Pie | Taekwondo, 58 kg | Bronze |
| Tokyo 2020 | Marileidy Paulino Relevo mixto 4x400m Zacarías Bonnat Crismery Santana Béisbol masculino | Athletics, 400m Athletics, Mixed Relays 4×400 Weightlifting, 81 kg Weightlifting, 87 kg Baseball | Silver Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze |
| Paris 2024 | Yunior Alcántara Cristian Pinales | Boxing, 51 kg Boxing, 80 kg | Bronze Bronze |
Written by Daniela Sánchez Cienfuegos
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