Lucas Msomba (born 15 May 1954) is a Tanzanian boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the

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. Msomba won a bronze medal in the light-welterweight category at the 1978 All-Africa Games."3.All-Africa Games - Algiers, Algeria - July 13-28 1978"
amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

Career highlights

TSC Tournament (63,5 kg), East Berlin, East Germany, October 1977: *1/2: Lost to Günther Lieser (East Germany) by decision Commonwealth Games (67 kg),

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, August 1978: *1/4: Lost to John Raftery (Canada) by decision

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(67 kg), Moscow, Soviet Union, July-August 1980: *1/16: Defeated Elio Diaz (Venezuela) by majority decision, 4–1 *1/8: Lost to Karl-Heinz Krüger (East Germany) by unanimous decision, 0–5 Commonwealth Games (71 kg),

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, October 1982: *1/8: Lost to Nicholas Croombes (United Kingdom) by decision

References

1954 births Living people Tanzanian male boxers Olympic boxers for Tanzania Boxers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Tanzania Boxers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games African Games bronze medalists for Tanzania African Games bronze medalists in boxing Place of birth missing (living people) Boxers at the 1978 All-Africa Games Welterweight boxers {{Tanzania-boxing-bio-stub