Tobias Munihango

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Tobias Mabuta Munihango (born 1983) is a Namibian amateur boxer. [1]

Namibia republic in southern Africa

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean; it shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek, and it is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.

Munihango finished in third place at the 1st AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in January 2008 in Algeria but did not qualify for Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics on a technicality. He competed in the 2nd round of African qualification for the 2008 games, which was held in Windhoek in March 2008, but did not qualify. [2]

1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from January 23 to January 31, 2008 in Algiers, Algeria.

Algeria country in North Africa

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1,541 communes (counties). It has the highest Human development index of all non-island African countries.

The boxing programme of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.

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References

  1. ↑ Munihango misses Olympic trials [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ allAfrica.com: Namibia: Uutoni Books Place in Beijing (Page 1 of 1)


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