Issake Dabore

Issake Dabore
Personal information
NicknameAradou[1]
NationalityNigerien
Born1940 (1940)
Died25 December 2021 (aged 80–81)[2]
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportBoxing
Weight classWelterweight
Light-welterweight
Medal record
Representing  Niger
Summer Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Light-welterweight
African Games
Silver medal – second place 1965 Brazzaville Welterweight
Silver medal – second place 1973 Lagos Light-welterweight
Updated on 10 February 2017

Issake Dabore (1940 – 25 December 2021) was a boxer from Niger who mainly fought in the light-welterweight and welterweight weight classes. Dabore competed at three Olympics; Tokyo 1964, Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972. He was the first Nigerien person to compete at the Olympics and the first Nigerien to win an Olympic medal. Dabore won his Olympic medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in the men's light-welterweight.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference SR Profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Décès de Issaka Daboré, figure emblématique de la boxe au Niger : Il avait du punch et il se battait courageusement pour honorer le Niger" (in French). Le Sahel. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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