Inkululeko Suntele
Inkululeko Suntele | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 April 1994 |
| Died | 27 October 2017 (aged 23)[1] Maseru, Lesotho |
Inkululeko Suntele (30 April 1994 – 27 October 2017) was a Mosotho boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated by Bilel Mhamdi in the first round.[2] He was the flag bearer for Lesotho during the closing ceremony.[3] Suntele was stabbed to death in October 2017. When he dies, he was under the Olympic Solidarity scholarship for the following year’s Commonwealth Games, which were held in Australia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Phahla, Luciah (3 November 2017). "Boxing mourns Suntele". thepost.co.ls. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Inkululeko Suntele". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Inkululeko Suntele at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Inkululeko Suntele at Olympedia
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