Hermensen Ballo (born February 26, 1971) is a retired male

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from

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. He twice represented his native

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n country at the

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: 1996 and 2000. In 1996 he was stopped in the second round of the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) by eventual bronze medalist

Zoltan Lunka Zoltan Lunka (born 22 May 1970 in Miercurea Nirajului, Romania) was a professional boxing, boxer, who won a Olympic medalists in boxing, Flyweight bronze medal at the Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics for Germany. A year ea ...

from Germany after defeating Guy-Elie Boulingui of

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in his opening contest. In 2000, he lost his first bout to José Navarro of the

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References

* 1971 births Living people Indonesian Christians Light-flyweight boxers Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Indonesia People from Kupang Sportspeople from East Nusa Tenggara Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1994 Asian Games Boxers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Indonesian male boxers Asian Games silver medalists for Indonesia Asian Games bronze medalists for Indonesia 20th-century Indonesian people {{Indonesia-boxing-bio-stub