Lucas Msomba

Lucas Msomba

Personal information
Nationality	Tanzanian
Born	(1954-05-15) 15 May 1954 (age 70)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing   Tanzania All-Africa Games 1978 Algiers Light-welterweight

Lucas Msomba (born 15 May 1954) is a Tanzanian boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. ^[1] Msomba won a bronze medal in the light-welterweight category at the 1978 All-Africa Games. ^[2]

Career highlights

TSC Tournament (63,5 kg), East Berlin, East Germany, October 1977:

• 1/2: Lost to Günther Lieser (East Germany) by decision

Commonwealth Games (67 kg), Edmonton, Canada, August 1978:

• 1/4: Lost to John Raftery (Canada) by decision

Olympic Games (67 kg), Moscow, Soviet Union, July-August 1980:

• 1/16: Defeated Elio Diaz (Venezuela) by majority decision, 4–1
• 1/8: Lost to Karl-Heinz Krüger (East Germany) by unanimous decision, 0–5

Commonwealth Games (71 kg), Brisbane, Australia, October 1982:

• 1/8: Lost to Nicholas Croombes (United Kingdom) by decision

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lucas Msomba Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
2. "3.All-Africa Games - Algiers, Algeria - July 13-28 1978". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 5 March 2019.