Mildred Akinyi "Milka" Alango (born 10 March 1989 in
Mombasa
Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...
) is a Kenyan
taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...
practitioner. Alango qualified for the
women's 49 kg class at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, after winning the championship title from the African Qualification Tournament in
Tripoli, Libya
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. She lost the preliminary match to China's
Wu Jingyu
Wu Jingyu (; born February 1, 1987) is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class. She also won several medals at world championships and Asian Games.
Biography
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, who was able to score seven points at the end of the game. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Alango took advantage of the repechage round by defeating Sweden's
Hanna Zajc on the superiority rule, after the pair had tied 2–2. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Venezuela's
Dalia Contreras, with a sudden death score of 0–1.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1989 births
Living people
Kenyan female taekwondo practitioners
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Kenya
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Mombasa
21st-century Kenyan women
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