Joseph Hilongwa Jermia (born September 18, 1981) is a

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from

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, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native

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n country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the light flyweight (48 kg) division by

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's eventual bronze medal winner Sergey Kazakov. Jermia won the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the All-Africa Games in

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1981 births Living people Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Namibia Namibian male boxers African Games bronze medalists for Namibia African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games {{Namibia-boxing-bio-stub