Seleman Salum Kidunda (also spelled Selemani) (born 2 January 1984 in

Ruvuma Ruvuma River, formerly also known as the Rovuma River, is a river in the African Great Lakes region. During the greater part of its course, it forms the border between Tanzania and Mozambique (in Mozambique known as ''Rio Rovuma''). The river is ...

) is a Tanzanian boxer. He competed in the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

. Kidunda also competed in the Men's welterweight event at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

but lost to Moldovan Vasile Belous in the first round. The loss was blamed on several referee mistakes. At the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

, where he was the Tanzanian flag-bearer, he lost in the first round to Kehinde Ademuyiwa. He took up the sport of boxing after seeing Mike Tyson box on television and was named Tanzanian Boxer of the Year by the Tanzania Sports Writers Association.

References

Living people People from Ruvuma Region Welterweight boxers Olympic boxers for Tanzania Tanzanian male boxers Commonwealth Games competitors for Tanzania Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 1984 births Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{ Tanzania-boxing-bio-stub