Sadat Tebazaalwa (born October 23, 1985) is a Ugandan amateur

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who participated in the

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. There he was defeated in the first round of the

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() division by China's Kanat Islam. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the gold medal at the

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. In the final he defeated Zambia's Ellis Chibuye. In 2003, Tebazaalwa won the bronze medal in his weight division at the

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