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Herry Saliku Biembe

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Herry Saliku Biembe
Personal information
Full nameHerry Saliku Biembe Marco
Nationality Democratic Republic of the Congo
Born (1981-05-14) May 14, 1981 (age 43)
Kinshasa
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classMiddleweight
ClubClub Lausannois de Boxe

Herry Saliku Biembe (born 14 May 1981) is a boxer from Democratic Republic of the Congo who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at middleweight.

At the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament the previously unknown Biembe won second place, even though he was shut out in the final by Badou Jack of Gambia.[1]

In the Olympics, he lost his opening bout to Georgios Gazis of Greece and was eliminated.

References

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  1. ^ "African Olympic Qualifications - Windhoek, Namibia - March 24-29 2008". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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