Mildred Akinyi "Milka" Alango (born 10 March 1989 in
Mombasa
Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...
) is a Kenyan
taekwondo
Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...
practitioner. Alango qualified for the
women's 49 kg class at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
in
Beijing
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, after winning the championship title from the African Qualification Tournament in
Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli, historically known as Tripoli-of-the-West, is the capital city, capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.317 million people in 2021. It is located in the northwest of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point ...
. She lost the preliminary match to China's
Wu Jingyu
Wu Jingyu (; born February 1, 1987) is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class. She also won several medals at world championships and Asian Games.
Biography
W ...
, who was able to score seven points at the end of the game. Because her opponent advanced further into the final match, Alango took advantage of the repechage round by defeating Sweden's
Hanna Zajc
Hanna Rebecka Zajc (born 15 February 1987 in Malmö) is a female Swedish Taekwondo practitioner. She attended at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and was ranked in 7th place. Zajc lives in Malmö in the south of Sweden
Sweden, for ...
on the superiority rule, after the pair had tied 2–2. She progressed to the bronze medal match, but narrowly lost the medal to Venezuela's
Dalia Contreras
Dalia María Contreras Rivero (born September 20, 1983) is a Venezuelan taekwondo practitioner. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in taekwondo. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing 8th in her weight class.
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, with a sudden death score of 0–1.
References
External links
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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1989 births
Living people
Kenyan female taekwondo practitioners
Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Kenya
Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Mombasa
21st-century Kenyan sportswomen
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