Benjamin Mwangata
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Mwangata |
| Nationality |  Tanzania |
| Born | March 11, 1966 |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Weight class | Flyweight |
Benjamin Mwangata (born March 11, 1966) is a retired male boxer from Tanzania, who represented his native East African country as a flyweight in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul). He also competed at two Commonwealth Games: 1990 and 1998. Mwangata won a silver medal in the flyweight division at the 1987 All-Africa Games, losing in the final to Gemelhu Bezabeh of Ethiopia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "4.All-Africa Games - Nairobi, Kenya - August 1-12 1987". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
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- 1966 births
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- Tanzanian male boxers
- Flyweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic boxers for Tanzania
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Tanzania
- African Games silver medalists for Tanzania
- African Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 1987 All-Africa Games
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