Rosa Keleku (born 16 January 1995) is a Democratic Republic of the Congo taekwondo athlete. At the

2015 African Games The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. Host aw ...

she won a silver medal in the 49 kg category. She qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

and she carried her country's flag in the opening ceremony in

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. She was the only one of her country's team to qualify. The other members of her country's team were chosen under a principle of universality. She competed in the women's 49 kg, where she lost to Itzel Manjarrez in the preliminaries.

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* 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for the Democratic Republic of the Congo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics African Games silver medalists for DR Congo African Games medalists in taekwondo Competitors at the 2015 African Games {{DRCongo-taekwondo-bio-stub