Japhet Uutoni
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| Full name | Japhet Uutoni | |||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Namibian Lion Slow Poison | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  Namibia | |||||||||||
| Born | June 29, 1979 | |||||||||||
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
| Weight class | Light Flyweight | |||||||||||
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Japhet Uutoni (also spelled Jafet Uutoni) (born June 29, 1979) is an amateur Namibian boxer. He was the 2005 Namibian sportsperson of the year in the Namibian newspaper and won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games by defeating England's Darren Langley on points (37-24). He also won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Uutoni competes at the 48 kg weightclass and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by beating Manyo Plange. He was a member of the team that competed for Africa at the 2005 Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia.
Sources
- Results of 2006 Commonwealth Games - Boxing, 48 Kg
- Japhet Uutoni at the African People Database
- sports-reference
- Namibian Sport Year in Review, 22 December 2006, Namibian.com.na (see sports section)
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- 1979 births
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- Olympic boxers of Namibia
- Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Namibia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Namibia
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia
- Namibian male boxers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
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