Herry Saliku Biembe (born 14 May 1981) is a boxer from

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight. At the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament the previously unknown Biembe won second place, even though he was shut out in the final by

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of Gambia. In the Olympics, he lost his opening bout to

Georgios Gazis Georgios Gazis (born 25 May 1981) is a Greek amateur boxer. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's middleweight division. Gazis lost his qualifier semi to Jean-Mickaël Raymond but won the decisive third place bout against Victor ...

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and was eliminated.

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Herry Saliku Biembe's profile at NBC Olympics
* 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Kinshasa Middleweight boxers Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Democratic Republic of the Congo male boxers Olympic boxers for the Democratic Republic of the Congo 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people {{DRCongo-boxing-bio-stub