Khumiso Ikgopoleng

Khumiso Ikgopoleng
Personal information
Full name Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng
Nationality  Botswana
Born December 5, 1979
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Featherweight
Club Tsholofelo Boxing Club, Gaborone

Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng (born December 5, 1979) is a boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's featherweight ( 57 kg) division by Nigeria's Muideen Ganiyu.

Ikgopoleng carried the flag of Botswana at the opening ceremony of the Athens Games. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana. In the final he defeated South Africa's Ludumo Galada. He dropped down to the bantamweight division afterwards and qualified at this weightclass for the 2008 Olympics.

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