Oteng Oteng

Oteng Oteng
Data
Birth Name	Oteng Oteng
Weight class	Flyweight
nationality	Botswana
birthday	January 9, 1990

Oteng Oteng (* 9. January 1990 ) is a Botswana boxers in the flyweight . Oteng won the bronze medal at the African Championships in 2009, the gold medal at the Pan-African Games in 2011 and was a participant in the 2012 Olympic Games .

Career

In 2009 Oteng took part in the African championships for the first time and won the bronze medal after beating Toufik Kamal , Morocco (5: 4), and a semi-final defeat against Olivier Lavigilante , Mauritius (12: 5). He finished the same at the 2010 Commonwealth Games after defeating Johannes Simon, Namibia (11: 1) and Jason Moloney, Australia (5: 3), and a semi-final defeat against Benson Gicharu , Kenya (5: 4).

For this defeat, he returned the favor in the quarterfinals of the Pan-African Games 2011 in which he defeated Gicharu 10: 8. After further victories in the semifinals against Crimildo Guifutela, Mozambique (13: 9), and in the final against Samir Brahimi , Algeria (9: 8), he won the gold medal and thus his greatest success so far. At the African championships in the same year, however, he had to admit defeat Brahimi in the first fight (12:10).

Also in 2011 Oteng took part in the World Championships for the first time , but retired after defeating Selçuk Eker , Turkey (17:15), in the second fight against the eventual world champion Michail Alojan , Russia (18: 5).

Oteng made up for the missed qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games at the African Olympic qualification tournament in Casablanca , which he won with victories a. a. won against Hesham Yehia , Egypt (11: 4), and Benson Gicharu , Kenya (16: 5).

At the 2012 Olympic Games, Oteng failed in the first fight against Jeyvier Cintrón , Puerto Rico (14:12). At the 2013 World Championships, he lost to Mikhail Alojan in the round of 16 .

Web links

• Oteng Oteng in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )