Benjamin Mwangata
{{Short description|Tanzanian boxer (born 1966)}}
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| fullname = Benjamin Mwangata
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| nationality = {{TAN}}
| weight class = Flyweight
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|03|11}}
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| height = {{height|m=1.65}}
| weight = {{convert|51|kg|lb}}
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Benjamin Mwangata (born March 11, 1966) is a retired male boxer from Tanzania, who represented his native East African country as a flyweight in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul). He also competed at two Commonwealth Games: 1990 and 1998. Mwangata won a silver medal in the flyweight division at the 1987 All-Africa Games, losing in the final to Gemelhu Bezabeh of Ethiopia.{{cite web|url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AllAfricaGames1987.html|title=4.All-Africa Games - Nairobi, Kenya - August 1-12 1987|publisher=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl|date= |accessdate=2017-11-27}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061808/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mw/benjamin-mwangata-1.html Profile]
- [http://www.thecgf.com/search/athlete.asp thecgf]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Tanzanian male boxers
Category:Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Olympic boxers for Tanzania
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Tanzania
Category:African Games silver medalists for Tanzania
Category:African Games silver medalists in boxing
Category:Boxers at the 1987 All-Africa Games
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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