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weight classes. Dabore competed at three Olympics;
Tokyo 1964
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,
Mexico City 1968
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and
Munich 1972
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. He was the first Nigerien person to compete at the Olympics and the first Nigerien to win an Olympic medal. Dabore won his Olympic medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in the men's light-welterweight.
Competition
1964 Summer Olympics
At the
1964 Summer Olympics
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in
Tokyo
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, Japan, Dabore competed in the men's welterweight competition. By doing so, he became the first person from Niger to compete at an Olympics. Dabore was the only athlete from Niger who competed at the games. In his competition, Dabore was drawn against
Hong Tshun Fu
Hong Tshun-fu (; born 24 January 1940) is a Taiwanese boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. At the 1964 Summer Olympics, he lost to Issake Dabore
Issake Dabore (1940 – 25 December 2021) was a b ...
of
Taiwan
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in the first round. Dabore won the fight due to a
technical knockout
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. In the second round, in which sixteen athletes competed in, Dabore was drawn against and beat
Hans-Erik Pedersen
Hans-Erik Pedersen (born 10 December 1943) is a Danish boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. At the 1964 Summer Olympics, he defeated Boniface Hie Toh of the Ivory Coast, before losing to Issake Dabor ...
of Denmark. Dabore again won the fight due to a technical knockout. In the quarterfinals held on 19 October 1964, Dabore was drawn against
Pertti Purhonen
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who had defeated Australian Frank Roberts and Czechoslovak
Bohumil Němeček
Bohumil Němeček (2 January 1938 – 3 May 2010) was a Czechoslovak welterweight
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to reach the quarterfinal stage. Purhonen won the fight 3–2 and, therefore, Dabore was eliminated. The competition was eventually won by
Marian Kasprzyk
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of Poland.
1965 All-Africa Games
At the
1965 All-Africa Games
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in
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, Dabore participated in the
welterweight
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competition. He won the silver medal, losing in the final to
Joseph Bessala
Joseph Bessala (1 January 1941 – 25 April 2010) was a welterweight boxer from Cameroon.
Amateur
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of
Cameroon
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.
1968 Summer Olympics
At the
1968 Summer Olympics
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in
Mexico City
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, Mexico, Dabore competed in the men's light-welterweight competition. He was one of two Nigeriens who competed at the games, with fellow male boxer Dary Dasuda the other. In the second round of his competition (he had a bye in the first), Dabore was drawn against José Marín of Costa Rica. Dabore won the fight 5–0 and he therefore progressed to the third round. In the third round, Dabore lost 4–1 to Yevgeny Frolov of the Soviet Union. Dabore was, therefore, eliminated from the competition; a competition that was eventually won by
Jerzy Kulej
Jerzy Zdzisław Kulej (; 19 October 1940 – 13 July 2012) was a Polish boxer, politician and sports commentator.1972 Summer Olympics
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in
Munich
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, Germany, Dabore competed in the men's light-welterweight competition. Dabore was one of four athletes from Niger who competed at the 1972 games. The other three athletes;
Mayaki Seydou
Mayaki Seydou (born 1949) is a former Nigerien bantamweight boxer. Seydou competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Niger. In his first match, Seydou beat Turkey's Mehmet Kunova before losing to East Germany's Stefan Förster
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,
Harouna Lago
Harouna Lago (born 1946) is a former Nigerien featherweight boxer. Lago competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Niger. He lost his only match to eventual gold medal winner Boris Kuznetsov of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially ...
and
Issoufou Habou
Issoufou Habou (born 1945) is a former Nigerien light-middleweight boxer. Habou competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Niger. Dabore carried the Nigerien flag in the opening ceremony. In the first round of his competition, Dabore fought against Odartey Lawson of Ghana. Dabore beat Lawson due to a technical knockout. In the second round, Dabore beat South Korean Park Tai-Shik, again due to a technical knockout. In the quarterfinals, Dabore faced
Kyoji Shinohara
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of Japan. Dabore won the fight 3–2 to progress to the semi-finals. In his semi-final, Dabore faced Bulgarian
Angel Angelov
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. Angelov won the fight 5–0 and, therefore, Dabore was eliminated. Dabore, along with the other loser in the semi-finals,
Zvonimir Vujin
Zvonimir "Zvonko" Vujin (23 July 1943 – 8 December 2019) was a Serbian amateur boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
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of Yugoslavia, won a bronze medal. Dabore's medal was Niger's first ever Olympic medal. As of 2016, only one other Nigerien athlete has won an Olympic medal. That was
Abdoul Razak Issoufou
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, who won a silver medal at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in Taekwondo.
1973 All-Africa Games
At the
1973 All-Africa Games
The 2nd All-Africa Games – Lagos 1973 were played from January 7, 1973, to January 18, 1973, in Lagos, Nigeria.
After the success of the first African Games, the organizing bodies awarded the second games to Bamako, Mali to be held in 1969. A ...
in
Lagos
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, Dabore participated in the
light-welterweight
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competition. He won the silver medal, losing in the final to
Obisia Nwankpa
Obisia “Golden Gloves” Nwankpa (born 19 May 1950 in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional light/ light welterweight boxer of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s who won Nigerian lightweight title, African Boxing Union light welterweight title, and Comm ...
of
Nigeria
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