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| Full name | Fazil Juma Kaggwa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ugandan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1995 Naguru, Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | Light flyweight | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Fazil Juma Kaggwa (born 9 May 1995) is a Ugandan boxer. He competed in the light flyweight category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games [1] [2] where he won a bronze medal. [3]
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