Gavin Mogopa (born 2 April 1996) is a Botswana

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ka. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

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, in the men's 60 kg, where he was defeated by Pavel Petřikov in the second round. In 2014, he competed in the boys' 55 kg event at the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

held in Nanjing, China. He lost his bronze medal match against

Jorre Verstraeten Jorre Verstraeten (born 4 December 1997) is a Belgian judoka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the European Judo Championships in 2020 and 2022. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60kg event at the 2019 ...

of Belgium.

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* 1996 births Living people Botswana male judoka Olympic judoka for Botswana Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics {{Botswana-judo-bio-stub