Robson Donato Conceição (born 25 October 1988) is a Brazilian
professional boxer. He is a two-time
super featherweight
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world title challenger, having challenged for the
WBC
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title in 2021, and the unified WBC,
WBO
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and ''
The Ring'' titles in 2022. As an
amateur
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he became the first Brazilian boxer to win an Olympic gold medal at the
2016 Olympics
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, nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams)
, athletes = 11,238
, events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines)
, opening = 5 August 2016
, closing = 21 August 2016
, opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...
.
Amateur career
Born in
Salvador
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, capital of the Brazilian state of
Bahia, Conceição started boxing at the age of 13 to stand his own in street fights. He had to walk 9 kilometers to his academy due to not having money for bus tickets, woke up early in the morning to help his grandmother who sold groceries, and helped his family by selling ice cream and being a kitchen helper. His first coach was Luiz Dórea, who also managed world champion