Augusto Midana (born 20 May 1984) is a Bissau-Guinean freestyle wrestler who competes in the men's middleweight (-74 kg) category. He represented Guinea-Bissau in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, 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. He was defeated by Jordan Burroughs of the United States in the first round. He was the flagbearer for Guinea-Bissau during the Parade of Nations. He qualified at the 2021 African & Oceania Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament to represent Guinea-Bissau at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Midana is a six-time African champion in the men's middleweight (–74 kg) category.
Major results YearTournamentVenueResultEvent2006African ChampionshipsPretoria, South Africa6thFreestyle 74 kg2007African ChampionshipsCairo, Egypt7thFreestyle 74 kgAll-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria3rdFreestyle 74 kgWorld ChampionshipsBaku, Azerbaijan39thFreestyle 74 kg2008African ChampionshipsTunis, Tunisia3rdFreestyle 74 kgOlympic GamesBeijing, China16thFreestyle 74 kg2009African ChampionshipsCasablanca, Morocco3rdFreestyle 74 kg2010African ChampionshipsCairo, Egypt1stFreestyle 74 kgWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia19thFreestyle 74 kg2011African ChampionshipsDakar, Senegal1stFreestyle 74 kgWorld ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey14thFreestyle 74 kg2012African ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco1stFreestyle 74 kgOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom7thFreestyle 74 kg2014African ChampionshipsTunis, Tunisia1stFreestyle 74 kgWorld ChampionshipsTashkent, Uzbekistan19thFreestyle 74 kg2015African ChampionshipsAlexandria, Egypt1stFreestyle 74 kgWorld ChampionshipsLas Vegas, United States20thFreestyle 74 kg2016African ChampionshipsAlexandria, Egypt1stFreestyle 74 kgOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil14thFreestyle 74 kg2019African ChampionshipsHammamet, Tunisia3rdFreestyle 74 kgAfrican GamesRabat-El Jadida, Morocco11thFreestyle 74 kg2020African ChampionshipsAlgiers, Algeria9thFreestyle 74 kgOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan11thFreestyle 74 kg
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Augusto Midana at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (archived)