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Eridadi Mukwanga

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Name
  
Eridadi Mukwanga

Martial art
  
Boxing

Height
  
1.6 m

Died
  
1998

Role
  
Boxer


Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Bantamweight

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Eridari Mukwanga (12 July 1943 – January 1998) was a Ugandan boxer, silver medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

He was the first athlete representing Uganda to win an Olympic medal.

Amateur Highlights

Bantamweight silver medalist at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Results were:

  • Defeated Roberto Cervantes (Mexico) points
  • Defeated Chang Kyou-Chul (Korea) points
  • Lost to Valerian Sokolov (Soviet Union) TKO-2
  • References

    Eridadi Mukwanga Wikipedia