Pearl Morake
{{short description|Botswana boxer}}
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| full_name = Tsitsi Pearl Morake-Mooketsi
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|02|15}}
| birth_place = Matsiloje, Botswana
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| weight_class = Middleweight
| club = Botho College Boxing Club
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Pearl Morake (born 15 September 1989) is a Botswana boxer, who was the first female boxer to compete for her country. She is a multi-time national champion and competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Career
Pearl Morake was born on 15 September 1989 in Mochudi, Botswana.{{cite web|title=Pearl Morake|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/boxing/1033837/p_morake.html|publisher=Glasgow 2014|accessdate=10 November 2017}} She initially played netball, until being introduced to boxing in 2010. Competing for the Botho College Boxing Club, she competed in Botswana's first national tournament for female boxers, with her bout against Katlego Olatotse lauded in the media as the most exciting of the night.{{cite web|last1=Kala|first1=Thato|title=Magnificent women pugilists make huge impression|url=http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=8&aid=1266&dir=2012%2FSeptember%2FMonday17|publisher=Mmegi Online|accessdate=10 November 2017|date=17 September 2012}} Morake was the first woman to represent Botswana at an international level in boxing, and over the next few years became the national champion on four occasions.{{cite news|last1=Sugar|first1=Ontametse|title=Morake: The Real Deal|url=http://www.thepatriot.co.bw/sport/item/1060-morake-the-real-deal.html|accessdate=10 November 2017|work=The Patriot on Sunday|date=31 May 2015}}
Morake competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. She was seeded for the Middleweight tournament, which meant that she only need to win a single match to be sure of a bronze medal.{{cite news|last1=Staniforth|first1=Mark|title=Commonwealth Games 2014: Boxer Savannah Marshall draws strength from her bond with Nicola Adams|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/commonwealth-games-2014-boxer-savannah-marshall-draws-strength-from-her-bond-with-nicola-adams-9641491.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/commonwealth-games-2014-boxer-savannah-marshall-draws-strength-from-her-bond-with-nicola-adams-9641491.html |archive-date=2022-05-25 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=10 November 2017|work=The Independent|date=31 July 2014}} She fought England's Savannah Marshall but lost 3–0. Marshall went on to win the gold medal.{{cite news|title=Boxing: Women's Middle (69 – 75kg)|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/28534978|accessdate=10 November 2017|work=BBC Sport|date=29 July 2014}} In 2015, she was named Sportswoman of the Year at the Botswana National Sports Commission Awards. She also named Female Boxer of the Year by the Botswana Boxing Association.{{cite news|last1=Ncube|first1=Dumisani|title=Otukile grabs double at boxing awards|url=http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=56107&dir=2015/november/30|accessdate=10 November 2017|work=The Monitor|date=30 November 2015}}
References
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Category:Boxers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games