Onorede Ohwarieme

Onorede Ohwarieme

Onorede Ehwareme/Ohwarieme (born November 25, 1987) is an amateur boxer from Nigeria. He qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the super heavyweight division.

At the second African qualifier held in Windhoek, Namibia, the first and second place finisher in his division qualified for the Olympics. [ [http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1128 2nd AIBA Africa Olympic Qualification Tournament ] ] He advanced to the finals with a one-point victory over Morris Okola of Kenya 6-5, thus ensuring qualification - Onorede ultimately took silver in the competition, losing to fellow-qualifier Mohamed Amanissi. [http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/Olympics/Qualifying%20Events/Africa%202/Draw%20Sheet%20+91kg.pdf]

He lost his Olympic debut 1:11 to Jaroslavas Jakšto.

References

* [http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athletes/profile/-/243982/onoriode-ohwarieme Yahoo data]


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