Elizabeth Oshoba | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 December 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth Oshoba (born 23 December 1999) [1] is a Nigerian boxer. She participated in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Featherweight division and won a silver medal . [2] [3] [4]
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