Everisto Mulenga (born 26 March 1999) is a Zambian amateur boxer. He won a bronze medal at the

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and later qualified for the

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by winning the African Qualification Tournament, both at featherweight.

Career

Mulenga won a silver medal at the 2016 African Region V Youth U20 Games in Luanda, losing to Ricardo Malajika of South Africa in the finals. He reached the quarterfinals of the bantamweight event at the

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, where he won his first bout before suffering a loss to Mohammad Hussamuddin. Mulenga won a featherweight bronze medal at the

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. He won three straight fights before losing to the eventual gold medalist

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in the semifinals. Mulenga qualified for the

with a first-place finish at the African Qualification Tournament, where he defeated veteran Nick Okoth in the final via unanimous decision. At the Tokyo Olympics, he received a first-round bye in the featherweight bracket. Mulenga began his first bout against Ceiber Ávila by opening a cut above his opponent's eye in the first round, but he ultimately lost the fight by

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References

External links

Amateur boxing record for Everisto Mulenga
from

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulenga, Everisto Living people 1999 births Zambian male boxers Bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Boxers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Zambia Competitors at the 2019 African Games African Games medalists in boxing African Games bronze medalists for Zambia Olympic boxers for Zambia Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Zambian people