Dickson Wamwiri
Dickson Wamwiri Wanjiku (December 24, 1984 – September 6, 2020) was a Kenyan taekwondo practitioner.[1] Wamwiri qualified for the men's 58 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after winning the championship title from the African Qualification Tournament in Tripoli, Libya.[2]
Wamwiri died on September 6, 2020 from cardiac arrest in Nairobi at the age of 35.[3]
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dickson Wamwiri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ WTF African Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Resounding Success in Tripoli, Libya. World Taekwondo Federation. 3 November 2007. http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=182&bbs_code=10001&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=182&page=26&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=a79b597e714065ad6d83ffa147de1b08. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ Decorated Kenyan taekwondo star collapses and dies in Nairobi
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