Henry Kungsi

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Henry Kungsi
Personal information
NationalityPapua New Guinean
Born (1969-11-01) 1 November 1969 (age 50)
Papua New Guinea
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Sport Boxing

Henry Kungsi is a Papua New Guinean Olympic boxer. He represented his country in the flyweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He won his first bout against Hussain Arshad of Pakistan, and then lost his second bout to Tontcho Tontchev of Bulgaria. [1]

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References

  1. "Henry Kungsi Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.