Chris Odera
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| Born | 12 December 1963 | |||||||||||||
| Died | 27 November 2012 (aged 48)[1] | |||||||||||||
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Crispine "Chris" Odera (12 December 1963 – 27 November 2012) was a boxer from Kenya, who is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's super-heavyweight division (+ 91 kg) at the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi, Kenya. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was knocked down in the second round by eventual gold medal winner Lennox Lewis from Canada.
References[]
- ^ "Kenyan Boxer Dies in Germany, Family Appeals for Help". Mwakilishi.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
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- 1963 births
- 2012 deaths
- Heavyweight boxers
- Super-heavyweight boxers
- Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Kenya
- Kenyan male boxers
- African Games gold medalists for Kenya
- African Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 1987 All-Africa Games
- Kenyan boxing biography stubs