Everisto Mulenga
Zambian boxer (born 1999)
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Everisto Mulenga (born 26 March 1999) is a Zambian amateur boxer. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Games and later qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning the African Qualification Tournament, both at featherweight.
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| Nationality | Zambian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1999[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
Mulenga won a silver medal at the 2016 African Region V Youth U20 Games in Luanda, losing to Ricardo Malajika of South Africa in the finals.[2] He reached the quarterfinals of the bantamweight event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he won his first bout before suffering a loss to Mohammad Hussamuddin.[3] Mulenga won a featherweight bronze medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat.[4] He won three straight fights before losing to the eventual gold medalist Mohamed Hamout in the semifinals.[5]
Mulenga qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics with a first-place finish at the African Qualification Tournament, where he defeated veteran Nick Okoth in the final via unanimous decision.[6][7] At the Tokyo Olympics, he received a first-round bye in the featherweight bracket.[8] Mulenga began his first bout against Ceiber Ávila by opening a cut above his opponent's eye in the first round, but he ultimately lost the fight by split decision.[9][10]
