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Full name | Nicholas Okoth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Nick" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nairobi, Kenya | 3 March 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicholas Okongo Okoth (born 3 March 1983) [1] is a Kenyan amateur boxer. He fought at the 2008 Olympics as a featherweight after winning the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
In Beijing he lost his debut to Arturo Santos Reyes.
Okoth grew up in the Mathare slums of Nairobi with three brothers who would also become boxers. [2] The four of them, along with a cousin, trained at Undugu Amateur Boxing Club.
He qualified to represent Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]
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