Lucas Msomba (born 15 May 1954) is a Tanzanian

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. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. Msomba won a bronze medal in the light-welterweight category at the

1978 All-Africa Games The 3rd All-Africa Games – Algiers 1978 was a multi-sport event played from July 13, 1978, to July 28, 1978, in Algiers, Algeria. 45 countries from 49 independent African countries participated in twelve sports. At the closing ceremonies the ...

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

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(67 kg),

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, July-August 1980: *1/16: Defeated Elio Diaz (Venezuela) by majority decision, 4–1 *1/8: Lost to

Karl-Heinz Krüger Karl-Heinz Krüger (born 25 December 1953) is a retired boxer, who represented East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg), after being defeated in ...

(East Germany) by unanimous decision, 0–5 Commonwealth Games (71 kg), Brisbane, Australia, 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 medalists in boxing Place of birth missing (living people) Competitors at the 1978 All-Africa Games Welterweight boxers {{Tanzania-boxing-bio-stub