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Gilbert Khunwane
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Full name	Gilbert Khunwane
Nationality	Botswana
Born	June 15, 1977 (age 46)
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Lightweight
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
All-Africa Games

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Gilbert "Ghisto" Khunwane (born 15 June 1977 in Mmankgodi) is a male retired boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's lightweight (– 60 kg) division by Mexico's eventual bronze medalist Cristian Bejarano.

Khunwane won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia before retiring from the sport in 2005 to become a coach.^[1] He was Botswana national boxing team captain^[2] and assistant coach.

He was appointed Vice President of the Botswana Boxing Association in February 2019.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Kebadiretse, Frederick (27 June 2012). "Khunwane challenges Thipe for BoBA vice-presidency". Mmegi. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^ "Botswana: Khunwane to Retire in Style". 11 February 2005.
^ More, Ketshepile (10 February 2019). "Botswana: Association Appoints Khunwane Vice President". AllAfrica. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

External links[edit]

Gilbert Khunwane at Olympics.com
Gilbert Khunwane at Olympedia
Gilbert Khunwane at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Justice Dipeba	Flagbearer for Botswana Sydney 2000	Succeeded by Khumiso Ikgopoleng

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[1] Kebadiretse, Frederick (27 June 2012). "Khunwane challenges Thipe for BoBA vice-presidency". Mmegi. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[2] "Botswana: Khunwane to Retire in Style". 11 February 2005.

[3] More, Ketshepile (10 February 2019). "Botswana: Association Appoints Khunwane Vice President". AllAfrica. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

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+'''Gilbert "Ghisto" Khunwane''' (born 15 June 1977 in [[Mmankgodi]]) is a male retired [[Boxing|boxer]] from [[Botswana]], who competed at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney, Australia]]. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's lightweight (&ndash; 60&nbsp;kg) division by [[Mexico]]'s eventual bronze medalist [[Cristian Bejarano]].
+Khunwane won a bronze medal at the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Manchester]]. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the [[Botswana at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney, Australia]] before retiring from the sport in 2005 to become a coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=8&aid=1326&dir=2012/June/Wednesday27|title=Khunwane challenges Thipe for BoBA vice-presidency|work=[[Mmegi]]|first=Frederick|last=Kebadiretse|date=27 June 2012|accessdate=24 July 2020}}</ref> He was [[Botswana national boxing team]] captain<ref>{{cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200502110600.html|title=Botswana: Khunwane to Retire in Style|date=11 February 2005}}</ref> and assistant coach.
+He was appointed Vice President of the Botswana Boxing Association in February 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201902110363.html|title=Botswana: Association Appoints Khunwane Vice President|work=[[AllAfrica]]|first=Ketshepile|last=More|date=10 February 2019|accessdate=24 July 2020}}</ref>
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