Herry Saliku Biembe
{{Short description|Congolese boxer (born 1981)}}
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| fullname = Herry Saliku Biembe Marco
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| nationality = {{COD}}
| weight class = Middleweight
| club = Club Lausannois de Boxe
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|05|14}}
| birth_place = Kinshasa
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AfricanOlyQual2008_2.html|title=African Olympic Qualifications - Windhoek, Namibia - March 24-29 2008|publisher=amateur-boxing.strefa.pl|accessdate=25 November 2020}}
In the Olympics, he lost his opening bout to Georgios Gazis of Greece and was eliminated.
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External links
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- [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=55849/bio/index.html Herry Saliku Biembe's profile at NBC Olympics]
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/herry-saliku-biembe-1.html |title=Herry Saliku Biembe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007233532/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/herry-saliku-biembe-1.html |archive-date=2009-10-07 |url-status=dead}}
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Category:Martial artists from Kinshasa
Category:Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo male boxers
Category:Olympic boxers for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Category:21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo sportsmen
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