Dickson Wamwiri
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| Full name | Pazuka Dickson Wamwiri Wanjiku | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 December 1984 Moi’s Bridge, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 September 2020 (aged 35) Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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P. Dickson Wamwiri Wanjiku (24 December 1984 – 6 September 2020)[1] was a Kenyan taekwondo practitioner.[2] Wamwiri qualified for the men's 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the championship title from the African Qualification Tournament in Tripoli, Libya.[3] He lost his preliminary match to defending world and Olympic champion Chu Mu-yen of Chinese Taipei, with a final score of 0–7.[4][5]