Awusone Yekeni (born 23 June 1983) is a Ghanaian amateur

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best known for winning a

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

at the heavyweight 201 lbs limit.

Career

He upset favorite

Emmanuel Izonritei Emmanuel Weingkro Izonritei (Izon-Eritei) (born 31 October 1978) is a boxer from Bayelsa State of Nigeria.Boxer at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games India (Gold Medallist). He was an athlete in the 2004 Summer Olympics for Nigeria, where he lost ...

in his first bout and beat Scot Steven Simmons before losing the semifinal to local favorite and eventual winner Bradley Michael Pitt in 13:25. At the Olympic qualifiers he lost to Mohamed Arjaoui and

Durodola Olanrewaju Olanrewaju Durodola (born 16 October 1980) is a Nigerian professional boxer who has held the African cruiserweight title since February 2020, and previously the WBC Silver cruiserweight title from 2015 to 2016. As an amateur he competed at the ...

and failed in his bid.

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1983 births Living people Heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Ghana Ghanaian male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-boxing-bio-stub