Augusto Midana (born 20 May 1984 in
Sucuto-Nhacra) is a freestyle wrestler from
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...
who competes in the men's middleweight (-74 kg) category. He represented Guinea-Bissau in the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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China, and was the flagbearer for his nation during the opening ceremonies of those games. He competed again at the
2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 7th place.
He once again competed for Guinea-Bissau at the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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. He was defeated by
Jordan Burroughs
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of the
United States
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in the first round. He was the flagbearer for Guinea-Bissau during the Parade of Nations. He qualified at the
to
represent Guinea-Bissau at the
2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Midana is six-time African champion at the men's middleweight (–74 kg) category.
Major results
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1984 births
Living people
Bissau-Guinean male sport wrestlers
Olympic wrestlers for Guinea-Bissau
Wrestlers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
African Wrestling Championships medalists
African Games bronze medalists for Guinea-Bissau
African Games medalists in wrestling
Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
Competitors at the 2019 African Games
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