(Louis) Michael Macaque (born 15 August 1974) is a former

Mauritian Mauritians (singular Mauritian; french: Mauricien; Creole: ''Morisien'') are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a multi-ethnic society, with notable groups of people of South Asian (notably I ...

super heavyweight boxer, who competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, and served as the nation's flag bearer at the

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. He was also the runner-up in super heavyweight boxing at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

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, after being defeated by England's

Audley Harrison Audley Hugh Harrison, (born 26 October 1971) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2013. As an amateur he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division and be ...

. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Macaque qualified for the super heavyweight division in boxing after winning silver at the

1999 All-Africa Games The 7th All-Africa Games were held from September 10, 1999, to September 19, 1999, in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. 53 countries participated in eighteen sports. Netball was included as a demonstration sport. The South Africans hosted abou ...

in Johannesburg, South Africa. Unfortunately, he was eliminated in the first round after being defeated by Canada's

Art Binkowski Artur "Art" Binkowski (; born February 19, 1975) is a Polish-born Canadian heavyweight boxer who competed for his adoptive country Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Background Binkowski came to Canada from Poland at th ...

with a score of 14–21. A year later, Macaque fulfilled his success of winning the gold medal at the

2001 African Amateur Boxing Championships The 11th edition of the African Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Port Louis, Mauritius from 14 May to 20 May 2001. The event was organised by the African governing body for amateur boxing, the African Boxing Confederation (ABC). Medal ...

in his home nation

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. His boxing career ended after winning silver at the 2003 African Amateur Boxing Championships in Yaoundé,

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, losing out to

Carlos Takam Armand Carlos Netsing Takam (born 6 December 1980) is a Cameroonian-born French professional boxer. He has challenged once for the unified WBA (Super), IBF, and IBO heavyweight titles against in 2017. As an amateur, he represented Cameroon a ...

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* 1974 births Living people People from Port Louis District Super-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Mauritius Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Mauritius Mauritian male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing African Games silver medalists for Mauritius African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{Mauritius-boxing-bio-stub

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