Joshua Ndere Explained

Joshua Ndere
Fullname:Joshua Ndere Makonjio
Nationality:Kenyan
Birth Date:27 July 1981
Death Place:Samburu, Kenya
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Joshua Ndere Makonjio (27 July 1981[1] – 18 November 2011) was a Kenyan amateur boxer.

Career

Ndere represented Kenya at African, Commonwealth and World Championship level. As a light heavyweight boxer he was a bronze medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers and 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[2] He made the second round of the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Due to his military commitments, he missed out on the 2008 Summer Olympics, which he was considered likely to have qualified for.[3]

Death

While driving near Samburu in 2011, Ndere was killed in a head-on crash with an on-coming vehicle. He had just started annual leave and was on the road to Nairobi from his Mombasa base.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MAKONJIO Joshua Ndere . m2006.thecgf.com . . 2020-01-26.
  2. News: Kenya: AFABA Boxer Ndere to Be Laid to Rest Today . Ateka . Samson . 3 December 2011 . . 26 December 2016.
  3. News: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Ndere takes final bow . Ayodi . Ayumba . 19 November 2011 . . 26 December 2016.