Herry Saliku Biembe
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Herry Saliku Biembe Marco |
| Nationality |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Born | May 14, 1981 Kinshasa |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Weight class | Middleweight |
| Club | Club Lausannois de Boxe |
Herry Saliku Biembe (born 14 May 1981) is a boxer from Democratic Republic of the Congo who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight.
At the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament the previously unknown Biembe won second place, even though he was shut out in the final by Badou Jack of Gambia.[1]
In the Olympics, he lost his opening bout to Georgios Gazis of Greece and was eliminated.
References
[edit]- ^ "African Olympic Qualifications - Windhoek, Namibia - March 24-29 2008". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Boxing record for Herry Saliku Biembe from BoxRec (registration required)
- Herry Saliku Biembe's profile at NBC Olympics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Herry Saliku Biembe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07.
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Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kinshasa
- Middleweight boxers
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Democratic Republic of the Congo male boxers
- Olympic boxers for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people
- African boxing biography stubs
- Democratic Republic of the Congo sportspeople stubs