Benson Gicharu Njangiru (born 3 May 1985) is a Kenyan amateur boxer who won silver at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi (at flyweight), a bronze medal at the

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(at bantamweight) and qualified for the 2012 Olympics (at flyweight). His occupation is police officer. In Delhi 2010 he beat Oteng Oteng but lost to local Suranjoy Mayengbam in the final. At the

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Oteng won the rematch 10:8 and went on to win the title At the

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Oteng won the rubber match but Gicharu qualified for the Olympics anyway. At the 2012 Summer Olympics (results) he lost his first bout 16:19 to Egyptian Hesham Abdelaal. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he competed in the bantamweight division, losing to England's Qais Ashfaq in the semi-final.

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