Ellis Chibuye (born January 14, 1980) is a Zambian

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. He was born in

Ndola Ndola is the third largest city in Zambia and third in terms of size and population, with a population of 475,194 (''2010 census provisional''), after the capital, Lusaka, and Kitwe, and the second largest in terms of infrastructure development aft ...

. He participated in the

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for his native

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n country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Welterweight (69 kg) division by

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. Chibuye qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in second place at the

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. In the final he was defeated by Uganda's

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. Chibuye won the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the

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References

1980 births Living people Welterweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Zambia Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Zambia People from Ndola Zambian male boxers African Games bronze medalists for Zambia African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games {{Zambia-boxing-bio-stub