Dickson Wamwiri

Dickson Wamwiri
Personal information
Full name Dickson Wamwiri Wanjiku
Nationality  Kenya
Born (1984-12-24) 24 December 1984
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) 58 kg

Dickson Wamwiri Wanjiku (born December 24, 1984) is a Kenyan taekwondo practitioner.[1] Wamwiri qualified for the men's 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the championship title from the African Qualification Tournament in Tripoli, Libya.[2] In December of 2012, he lost the preliminary match to defending world and Olympic champion Chu Mu-yen of Chinese Taipei, with a final score of 0–7.[3][4]

References

  1. "Dickson Wamwiri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. "WTF African Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Resounding Success in Tripoli, Libya". World Taekwondo Federation. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  3. "Men's 58kg (128 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  4. Makori, Elias (20 August 2008). "Wamwiri, Akinyi beaten". Daily Nation Kenya. Retrieved 25 December 2012.

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