John Siryakibbe

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John Siryakibbe
Personal information
NationalityUgandan
BornDecember 25, 1962
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Weight class Bantamweight
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Seoul Bantamweight

John Siryakibbe (25 December 1962) is a retired boxer, who represented Uganda at two Summer Olympics. [1]

Siryakibbe was just 17 years old when he competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after receiving a bye in the first round of the bantamweight contest, he was up against the Bulgarian Aleksandr Radev, which Siryakibbe won when the referee stopped the contest after just over a minute in round one, in the next round he was against the Frenchman Ali Ben Moghenia, this went all the way with the Ugandan winning on points 5-0, in the quarter finals he lost against Bernardo Piñango after a second round knockout. [1]

Two years later Siryakibbe was in Brisbane, competing in the 1982 Commonwealth Games, where he finished 5th in the bantamweight division, [2] the following year he won a gold medal at the 1983 African Amateur Boxing Championships which were held in Kampala, Uganda. [3]

Still only twenty-one years old he competed in his second Summer Olympics this time in Los Angeles, under the same weight as four years previous, he beat Manuel Vilchez from Venezuela in the first round by points 3-2, but in the second round contest he lost to Pedro Nolasco from the Dominican Republic on points 0-5. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "John Siryakibbe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  2. GRAHAM., GROOM (2017). COMPLETE BOOK OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. LULU COM. p. 165. ISBN   978-0244940317.
  3. "1983 Africa boxing championship medalists". kenyapage.net. Retrieved 3 June 2018.