Dickson Wamwiri Explained
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| P. Dickson Wamwiri |
| Fullname: | Pazuka Dickson Wamwiri Wanjiku |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Moi’s Bridge, Kenya |
| Death Place: | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Weight: | 560NaN0 |
| Sport: | Taekwondo |
| Event: | 58 kg |
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P. Dickson Wamwiri Wanjiku (24 December 1984 – 6 September 2020)[1] was a Kenyan taekwondo practitioner.[2] 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.[3] He lost his preliminary match to defending world and Olympic champion Chu Mu-yen of Chinese Taipei, with a final score of 0–7.[4] [5]
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Notes and References
- https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/other-sports/kenyan-olympian-taekwondo-dickson-wamwiri-collapses-dies-nairobi-1933854 Decorated Kenyan taekwondo star collapses and dies in Nairobi
- Dickson Wamwiri. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060126/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/dickson-wamwiri-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 25 December 2012.
- News: WTF African Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Resounding Success in Tripoli, Libya. World Taekwondo Federation. 3 November 2007. 25 December 2012.
- Web site: Men's 58kg (128 lbs) Preliminary Round of 16. NBC Olympics. 25 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120818171054/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/taekwondo/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DTKM058405/index.html. 18 August 2012.
- News: Makori. Elias. Wamwiri, Akinyi beaten. Daily Nation Kenya. 20 August 2008. 25 December 2012.
