Inkululeko Suntele Explained

Inkululeko Suntele
Birth Date:30 April 1994
Birth Place:Maseru, Lesotho
Death Date:[1]
Death Place: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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Boxing mourns Suntele. thepost.co.ls. Luciah. Phahla. 3 November 2017. 27 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Inkululeko Suntele . 11 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806035629/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/inkululeko-suntele . 6 August 2016 .
  3. Web site: The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony. 21 August 2016. 22 August 2016.