Gilbert Khunwane
Personal information | |
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Full name | Gilbert Khunwane |
Nationality | Botswana |
Born | June 15, 1977 |
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Boxing |
Weight class | Lightweight |
Gilbert Khunwane (born 15 June 1977) is a male boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the first round of the men's lightweight (– 60 kg) division by Mexico's eventual bronze medalist Cristian Bejarano.
Khunwane won a bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gilbert Khunwane". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-08-13.
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Lightweight boxers
- Botswana male boxers
- Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Botswana
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Botswana
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- African Games bronze medalists for Botswana
- African Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games
- African boxing biography stubs
- Botswana sportspeople stubs