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Eridadi Mukwanga (12 July 1943 –
January 1998) was a
Ugandan boxer,
silver medalist at the 1968
Summer Olympics in
Mexico City. He was the
first athlete...
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include Cornelius Boza-Edwards,
Justin Juuko, Ayub Kalule, John Mugabi,
Eridadi Mukwanga,
Joseph Nsubuga, K****im Ouma, Sam
Rukundo and Leo Rwabwogo. In...
- its
first ever
Olympic medals at
these Games.
Boxers Leo
Rwabwogo and
Eridadi Mukwanga both
achieved podium finishes:
Rwabwogo winning bronze in the...
- Bronze
Nojim Maiyegun 1964
Tokyo Boxing Men's
light middleweight Silver
Eridadi Mukwanga 1968
Mexico City
Boxing Men's
bantamweight Silver
Joseph Bessala...
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athlete to win an
Olympic medal in the nation's history, his
teammate Eridadi Mukwanga had also
guaranteed himself a
medal two days
earlier in the bantamweight...
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Champion Horst Rascher in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals,
Chang faced Eridadi Mukwanga of
Uganda and
knocked him down in the
second round but lost by...
- Semifinal:
Defeated Eiji
Marioka (****an) by decision, 5–0 Final:
Defeated Eridadi Mukwanga (Uganda) TKO (was
awarded gold medal)
Valerian Sokolov. sports-reference...
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Rwabwogo Uganda
Bantamweight (-54 kg)
details Valerian Sokolov Soviet
Union Eridadi Mukwanga Uganda Eiji
Morioka ****an
Chang Kyou-chul South
Korea Featherweight...
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nation had ever won. The
other medal was a
silver won by
fellow boxer Eridadi Mukwanga who did not
return for the 1972 Games.
Ugandan leader Idi Amin...
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Medal Name
Games Sport Event Silver
Eridadi Mukwanga 1968
Mexico City
Boxing Men's
bantamweight Bronze Leo
Rwabwogo 1968
Mexico City
Boxing Men's flyweight...
