Tumat Sogolik (born 5 May 1955) is a Papua New Guinean

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. He represented his country in the

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division at the

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. He won his first match over Samuel Meck. He lost his second match against Chul Soon-Hwang. He later competed in boxing in the

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, Canada. He won silver in the Bantamweight division after losing to Barry McGuigan of Northern Ireland. Tumat presently lives on Tsoi Island in the New Ireland Province of

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

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Living people Bantamweight boxers Papua New Guinean male boxers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Papua New Guinea Boxers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Olympic boxers for Papua New Guinea Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics 1955 births Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{PapuaNewGuinea-boxing-bio-stub