Leo Rwabwogo
Leo Rwabwogo (born June 3, 1949 in Tororo , † January 14, 2009 in Rugongo, Kabarole District ) was a Ugandan boxer and Olympic medalist .
At the African Championships in 1968 Rwabwogo won the gold medal in the flyweight (-51 kg). In the same year he won the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City after victories over Sang-Byung Seo, South Korea (5: 0), David Vasquez, USA (3: 2), and Tibor Badari, Hungary (3: 2), and a semi-final defeat against Artur Olech , Poland (3: 2), the bronze medal.
1970 Rwabwogo won the silver medal of the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh . At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , Rwabwogo achieved after victories over Jorge Acuña , Uruguay (5: 0), Maurice O'Sullivan , United Kingdom (TKO 1st), Orn-Chim Chawalit , Thailand (4: 1), Neil McLaughlin , Ireland (TKO 3rd), and Douglas Rodríguez , Cuba (3-2), the final. In this he faced the Bulgarian Georgi Kostadinow , to whom he lost 5-0 referee votes. Rwadwogo is the only Ugandan who could win more than one Olympic medal.
Web links
- Leo Rwabwogo in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl
Individual evidence
- ↑ New Vision Online: Boxing hero Leo Rwabwogo is dead ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 15, 2009
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| SURNAME | Rwabwogo, Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ugandan boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tororo |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 2009 |
| Place of death | Rugongo, Kabarole District |