Sackey Shivute

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Sakaria 'Sackey' Shivute (born 10 October 1965) is a Namibian boxer. Shivute competed for Namibia at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Fighting as a middleweight, Shivute lost to Australian Justann Crawford in the first round. [1] He also represented Namibia at the 1994 Commonwealth Games [2] and at the 1995 All-Africa Games, where he won a silver medal. [3]

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References

  1. Sackey Shivute sports-reference.com
  2. "15.Commonwealth Games - Victoria, Canada - August 18-28 1994". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  3. "6.All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe September 13-23, 1995". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2017-02-11.