Jolly Katongole
Jolly Katongole (15 December 1985 – 14 May 2015) was a boxer from Uganda, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country.[1][2] There he was stopped in the first round of the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division by Turkey's eventual runner-up Atagün Yalçınkaya.[2]
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| Born | 15 December 1985 Uganda | |||||||||||||
| Died | 14 May 2015 (aged 29) | |||||||||||||
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He won the bronze medal in the same division one year earlier, at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria. Katongole qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he defeated Morocco's Redouane Bouchtouk.
References
- Abdul-Nasser Ssemugabi (1 June 2016). "Jolly Katongole: how sorcery, drugs knocked out a gem". Daily Monitor.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jolly Katongole". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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