Issake Dabore (1940 – 25 December 2021) was a

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from

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weight classes. Dabore competed at three Olympics; Tokyo 1964,

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and

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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 in

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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 of

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in the first round. Dabore won the fight due to a

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. In the second round, in which sixteen athletes competed in, Dabore was drawn against and beat Hans-Erik Pedersen 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 who had defeated Australian Frank Roberts and Czechoslovak

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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

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of Poland.

1965 All-Africa Games

At the

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in Brazzaville, Dabore participated in the

competition. He won the silver medal, losing in the final to Joseph Bessala of

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1968 Summer Olympics

At the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

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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

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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, Harouna Lago 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

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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

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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,

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of Yugoslavia, won a bronze medal. Dabore's medal was Niger's first ever

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. As of 2016, only one other Nigerien athlete has won an Olympic medal. That was

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, who won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Taekwondo.

1973 All-Africa Games

At the

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, Dabore participated in the light-welterweight competition. He won the silver medal, losing in the final to Obisia Nwankpa of

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References

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