Stephen Mwema (born August 8, 1963 and died in November 2004) was a bantamweight Kenyan boxer. As an amateur boxer Mwema represented Kenya at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul. He defeated Rambahadur Giri from Nepal and Alberto Machaze from Mozambique, but lost in the quarterfinals to Kennedy McKinney from the United States. Mwema won a

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at the

1987 All-Africa Games The 4th All-Africa Games were played from August 1, 1987, to August 12, 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports. From the beginning the intent had been to hold the African Games every four years. Economic difficulti ...

in Nairobi.

Olympic results

*1st round bye *Defeated Rambahadur Giri (Nepal) RSCH 2 *Defeated Alberto Machaze (Mozambique) 5:0 *Lost to Kennedy McKinney (United States) 0:5 During his

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career he had 15 wins, 5 losses and one draw. He was diagnosed with pneumonia in November 2004 and died after a short stay in the Hospital. He's succeeded by four children.

References

Living people 1963 births Bantamweight boxers Olympic boxers for Kenya Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Kenyan male boxers African Games gold medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 1987 All-Africa Games {{Kenya-boxing-bio-stub