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Nelvie TiafackGerman amateur boxer
Date of Birth: 03.01.1999
Country:  Germany |
Content:
- Early Life and Background
- - 2016:Won the German Youth Championship twice.
- - 2018:Became German National Champion for the first time.
- 2020-2021: Olympic Qualification Attempts
- Recent Achievements
- Road to Paris 2024
Early Life and Background
- On January 3, 1999, Nelvie Tiafack was born in Buea, Cameroon.- He moved to Germany with his mother and grew up in Cologne.
- As a child, he actively participated in soccer and basketball.
Amateur Boxing Career
- 2014:Tiafack began training in boxing at age 15 in Cologne under Lucas Wilaschek.
- 2016:Won the German Youth Championship twice.
- 2016:Bronze medalist at the World Youth Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in the +91 kg weight category.
- 2018:Became German National Champion for the first time.
- 2019:Bronze medalist at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus, in the super heavyweight category.
- 2019:Quarterfinalist at the World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in the super heavyweight category.
2020-2021: Olympic Qualification Attempts
- In March 2020, competed in the London Olympic qualification tournament, which was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Ranked fourth in the world by AIBA in Autumn 2020, raising hopes for his participation in the Tokyo Olympics.
- Due to the pandemic and lack of competition, missed out on qualifying for the 2020 Olympics in the Olympic Qualifier in Paris in June 2021.
Recent Achievements
- 2022:Silver medalist at the prestigious Strandja International Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, in the +92 kg weight category.
- 2022:Silver medalist at the 52nd Grand Prix Ustí nad Labem in the Czech Republic.
- 2022:European Champion in Yerevan, Armenia, in the +92 kg weight category with a technical knockout victory in the final.
- 2023:Semifinalist at the III European Games in Krakow, Poland, in the +92 kg weight category.
Road to Paris 2024
- 2024:Qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024 by reaching the quarterfinal in the first World Olympic Qualification Tournament, defeating Serbian Dusan Veletic.
