Inkululeko Suntele

Inkululeko Suntele
Born(1994-04-30)30 April 1994
Maseru, Lesotho
Died27 October 2017(2017-10-27) (aged 23)[1]
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]

References

  1. ^ a b Phahla, Luciah (3 November 2017). "Boxing mourns Suntele". thepost.co.ls. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Inkululeko Suntele". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.


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