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2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Gaborone, Botswana from March 15 to March 22, 2004. It was the second and last chance for amateur boxers from Africa to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Olympic Tournament in Athens, Greece, except for the heavyweight and super heavyweight division (no berths at stake). Medal winners Qualified Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) * * Flyweight (– 51 kg) * * Bantamweight (– 54 kg) * * Featherweight (– 57 kg) * * Lightweight (– 60 kg) * * Light Welterweight (– 64 kg) * * Welterweight (– 69 kg) * * Middleweight (– 75 kg) * * Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) * * See also *Boxing at the 2003 All-Africa Games *1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament The 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Casablanca, Moroc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census. Gaborone is situated between Kgale Hill and Oodi Hill, near the confluence of the Notwane River and Segoditshane River in the south-eastern corner of Botswana, from the South African border. The city is served by the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. It is an administrative district in its own right, but is the capital of the surrounding South-East District. Locals often refer to the city as ''GC or Motse-Mshate''. The city of Gaborone is named after Chief Gaborone of the Tlokwa tribe, who once controlled land nearby. Because it had no tribal affiliation and was close to fresh water, the city was planned to be the capital in the mid-1960s when the Bechuanaland Protectorate became an independent nation. The centre of the city is a lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamid Ait Bighrade
Hamid Ait Bighrade (born May 13, 1976) is a Moroccan boxer who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Ait Bighade qualified himself for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics by taking the gold medal at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana defeating Ethiopia's Abel Aferalign. Ait Bighrade fought as a bantamweight in the 2004 Olympics. He lost in the first round in a 25–17 decision against India's Diwakar Prasad Diwakar Prasad is an Indian former amateur boxer. He qualified to compete in the bantamweight division (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece after losing in the finals of the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournam .... References 1976 births Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for Morocco Living people Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Berber Moroccans Moroccan male boxers {{Morocco-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Hekal
Mohamed Hikal (born January 10, 1979) is an Egyptian boxer. He won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division (75 kg) at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. He competed in four Olympic Games from 2000-2012. Career Hikal won the gold medal in the welterweight division at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. He also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There, Hikal was defeated in the second round of the welterweight (69 kg) division by Russia's eventual bronze medalist, Oleg Saitov. Hikal subsequently moved up to middleweight, and later managed to upset defending world champion Gennady Golovkin and win the bronze medal in the middleweight (75 kg) division at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships. At the 2008 Olympics, he lost his first bout to James DeGale. At the 2012 Olympics he lost in the first round to Soltan Migitinov Soltan Migitinov (17 September 1988, Lipetsk) is an Azerbaijani boxe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitson Julie
Kitson Julie (born 28 July 1983) is a Seychellois former boxer. Kitson qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by winning that year's African Championship gold medal in Gaborone. He competed in the light welterweight event at the Games in Athens and was defeated in the first round by his Australian opponent . As of 2014, Julie was still boxing and had moved up to heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ... level. References Seychellois male boxers 1983 births Living people Olympic boxers for Seychelles Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Light-welterweight boxers {{Seychelles-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Khunwane
Gilbert "Ghisto" Khunwane (born 15 June 1977 in Mmankgodi) is a male retired boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's lightweight (– 60 kg) division by Mexico's eventual bronze medalist Cristian Bejarano. Khunwane won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and List of cities in Oceania by population, Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metro ... before retiring from the sport in 2005 to become a coach. He was Botswana national boxing team captain and assistant coach. He was appointed Vice President of the Botswana Boxing Association in February 2019. References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakubu Andu
Yakubu is an English transliteration of a West African name and is a cognate of Jacob and James. Notable people with the name include: ;Given name *Yakubu (born 1982 as Yakubu Ayegbeni), Nigerian footballer *Yakubu (Gobir ruler), historical ruler of the Hausa city-state of Gobir * Yakubu II, most recent ruler of the Kingdom of Dagbon * Yakubu Abubakar Akilu (born 1989), Nigerian footballer * Yakubu Adamu (born 1981), Nigerian footballer * Yakubu Adesokan (born 1979), Nigerian powerlifter *Yakubu Alfa (born 1990), Nigerian footballer *Yakubu Bako, Nigerian governor *Yakubu Dogara (born 1967), Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives * Yakubu Gowon (born 1934), head of state of Nigeria ** Yakubu Gowon Airport ** Yakubu Gowon Stadium *Yakubu Itua (1941–2006), Nigerian jurist * Yakubu Tali, Ghanaian politician ;Surname * Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer *Ahmadu Yakubu, Nigerian-born polo player * Andrew Yakubu (born 1955), Group Managing Director of the Niger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Rukundo
Sam ("Rocky") Rukundo (born May 18, 1980 in Kampala) is a boxer from Uganda, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the lightweight (– 60 kg) division by Russia's Murat Khrachev. Rukundo qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana. In the final he was defeated by Mauritius' Michael Medor. After representing his native country at the Athens Olympics, Rukundo decided to turn pro, under the training of James Cook, and under the management of Mickey Helliet. He made his debut on the September 4 the same year, and moved to Sweden to improve as a professional fighter. He has been African lightweight Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing. Boxing Professional boxing The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) weight c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Medor
Michael Medor (born 23 May 1982 in Port Louis) is an amateur Mauritian lightweight boxer. Medor qualified for the Mauritian squad in the men's lightweight division (60 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens after claiming the title and receiving a berth from the second AIBA African Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana. He lost the opening match to Mongolia's Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene in the preliminary round of thirty-two with a scoring decision of 23–29. Medor was also appointed as the Mauritian flag bearer A standard-bearer, also known as a flag-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a f ... by the National Olympic Committee in the opening ceremony. References External links * ESPN Olympic Profile 1982 births Living people Lightweight boxers Olympic boxers for Mauritius Box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Anamba
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* aina(z)'', meaning "one, alone, unique", ''as in the form'' ''Æ∆inrikr'' explicitly, but it could also be from ''* aiwa(z)'' "everlasting, eternity", as in the Gothic form '' Euric''. The second element ''- ríkr'' stems either from Proto-Germanic ''* ríks'' "king, ruler" (cf. Gothic '' reiks'') or the therefrom derived ''* ríkijaz'' "kingly, powerful, rich, prince"; from the common Proto-Indo-European root * h₃rḗǵs. The name is thus usually taken to mean "sole ruler, autocrat" or "eternal ruler, ever powerful". ''Eric'' used in the sense of a proper noun meaning "one ruler" may be the origin of '' Eriksgata'', and if so it would have meant "one ruler's journey". The tour was the medieval Swedish king's journey, when newly elected, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson Molle
Johnson is a surname of Anglo-Norman origin meaning "Son of John". It is the second most common in the United States and 154th most common in the world. As a common family name in Scotland, Johnson is occasionally a variation of ''Johnston'', a habitational name. Etymology The name itself is a patronym of the given name '' John'', literally meaning "son of John". The name ''John'' derives from Latin ''Johannes'', which is derived through Greek ''Iōannēs'' from Hebrew ''Yohanan'', meaning "Yahweh has favoured". Origin The name has been extremely popular in Europe since the Christian era as a result of it being given to St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist and nearly one thousand other Christian saints. Other Germanic languages * Swedish: Johnsson, Jonsson * Icelandic: Jónsson See also * List of people with surname Johnson *Gjoni (Gjonaj) *Ioannou * Jensen *Johansson * Johns * Johnsson * Johnston *Johnstone *Jones *Jonson *Jonsson *Jovanović Jovanović ( sr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludumo Galada
Ludumo Galada (20 December 1982 – 11 January 2009) was a South African professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2009. As an amateur, he competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 2001 African Championships. Career Nicknamed "Pretty Boy", Galada was born in Mdantsane Township outside of East London in the Eastern Cape province. He began boxing at the age of ten out of curiosity and won his first medal the following year. Galada represented South Africa at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where he fought as a bantamweight. Galada advanced to the quarterfinals where he lost to Ezekiel Letuka of Lesotho. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he fought as a featherweight. He lost in the 3rd round of his only match to Azerbaijan's Shahin Imranov. His final amateur record was 151–7–1 (102 KO). After turning pro in 2005, he won the South African title in 2007 and successfully de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khumiso Ikgopoleng
Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng (born 5 December 1979) is a coach and former boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's featherweight (– 57 kg) division by Nigeria's Muideen Ganiyu. Ikgopoleng carried the flag of Botswana at the opening ceremony of the Athens Games. He qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana. In the final, he defeated South Africa's Ludumo Galada Ludumo Galada (20 December 1982 – 11 January 2009) was a South African professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2009. As an amateur, he competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Summer Olympics. He .... He dropped down to the bantamweight division afterward and qualified at this weight class for the 2008 Olympics when he was placed 5th at the Beijing Olympics after losing in the quarter-finals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
