Faith Ogallo

Faith Wanjiku Ogallo (born 3 February 1994) is a Kenyan taekwondo practitioner. She is scheduled to represent Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan after qualifying at the 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[1]^[2]

Career

She previously competed in basketball but she was recommended to switch to taekwondo by her university's taekwondo coach.^[3]

In 2019, she represented Kenya at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's +73 kg event.^[4]^[5]

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2019	African Games	2nd	+73 kg

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^ "Day 2 results" (PDF). 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ Jonckheere, Karien (31 August 2020). "Faith Ogallo, Kenya's taekwondo sensation". New Frame. Retrieved 4 February 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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^ O’Kane, Patrick (22 August 2019). "Swimmer Corbett claims second gold with 100m breaststroke triumph at African Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 February 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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