Leonard Makhanya (born 9 August 1964) is a former Swaziland

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. Makhanya competed at the

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, where he was defeated by

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in his first round match.Leonard Makhanya
sports-reference.com He won a bronze medal at the 1982 Commonwealth Games as a

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and won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games as a

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1964 births Living people Swazi male boxers Light-flyweight boxers Flyweight boxers Olympic boxers of Eswatini Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Eswatini Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Eswatini Boxers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing {{Swaziland-boxing-bio-stub