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Martin Ndongo Ebanga (23 March 1966 – 6 March 2024) was a Cameroonian boxer. Ndongo-Ebanga won the bronze medal in the men's
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division (– 60 kg) at the
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. He was defeated in the semifinals by eventual silver medalist Luis Ortiz of
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. N'Dongo also competed at the
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, where he was eliminated in the second round. He died on 6 March 2024, at the age of 57.


Olympic results

*1st round bye *Defeated Shadrah Odhiambo (Sweden) RSC 2 *Defeated Gordon Carew (Guyana) KO 2 *Defeated Fahri Sumer (Turkey) 4-1 *Lost to Luis Ortiz (Puerto Rico) 2-3


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databaseOlympics.com
1966 births 2024 deaths Lightweight boxers Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Cameroon Olympic bronze medalists for Cameroon Olympic medalists in boxing Cameroonian male boxers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Cameroonian sportsmen {{Cameroon-boxing-bio-stub