José Luis Varela

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Varela and the second or maternal family name is Bustamente.

José Luís Varela Bustamente (born September 27, 1978 in El Vigía, Mérida) is a male light-flyweight boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was defeated in the first round of the men's light-flyweight division (– 48 kg) by Cuba's eventual bronze medalist Maikro Romero. Varela was nicknamed "El Olimpico" during his career.