Sulemanu Tetteh (born 18 August 1992) is a
Ghanaian
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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. He competed in the
Men's light flyweight division in the
boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The boxing tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
A total of 286 competitors took part in 13 events. For the first time at an Olympic Games, women competed in three ...
, losing in the first round to
Jantony Ortíz
Jantony Ortiz Marcano (born July 21, 1994) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer in the bantamweight division. As an amateur he represented Puerto Rico at the 2012 Summer Olympics as a bantamweight.
Amateur career
Considered a boxing prodigy, he ...
of
Puerto Rico
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. Commenting on the bout, he said, "I have experienced something from a champion". Earlier in 2012, he won the gold medal in the light flyweight division at the ECOWAS games.
He qualified to represent Ghana at the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
.
See also
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Ghana at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Ghana competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, having competed in all but three editions since 1952. Ghana did not attend the 1976 Olympic ...
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1992 births
Living people
Ghanaian male boxers
Olympic boxers for Ghana
Boxers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Ghana
Competitors at the 2019 African Games
Light-flyweight boxers
Boxers from Accra
African Games competitors for Ghana
Boxers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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