Name Jolly Katongole Role Boxer | Martial art Boxing | |
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Jolly Katongole (born December 15, 1985, died 14 May 2015 ) was a boxer from Uganda, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the first round of the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division by Turkey's eventual runner-up Atagün Yalçınkaya.
He won the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. Katongole qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he defeated Morocco's Redouane Bouchtouk.
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