Zekaria Williams

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Zekaria Williams
Personal information
Born (1967-01-15) 15 January 1967 (age 58)
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
SportBoxing

Zekaria Williams (born 15 January 1965) is a former boxer who competed for the Cook Islands. He was the first person to appear for the Cook Islands at the Olympics. [1]

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Williams competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he entered the flyweight division but was beaten in the first round on a unanimous points decision by Soviet boxer Timofey Skryabin who himself went on to win the bronze medal. [2]

In 2000, Williams was one of the torchbearers of the Olympic flame when it visited the Cook Islands as part of the 2000 Summer Olympics torch relay. [3]

1988 Olympic results

Below is the record of Zekaria Williams, a flyweight boxer from the Cook Islands who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics:

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Islands". ReadingWarrior.com. 31 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Sports Reference Profile
  3. ↑ Glascott, Katherine (8 May 2000). "The flame's Pacific journey". The Australian . p. 17. Retrieved 27 July 2025– via Gale Academic OneFile.


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