Lucas Msomba

Lucas Msomba (born 15 May 1954) is a Tanzanian boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] Msomba won a bronze medal in the light-welterweight category at the 1978 All-Africa Games.[2]

Lucas Msomba
Personal information
NationalityTanzanian
Born (1954-05-15) 15 May 1954
Sport
SportBoxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Tanzania
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Algiers Light-welterweight

Career highlights

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) TSC Tournament (63,5 kg), East Berlin, East Germany, October 1977:

  • 1/2: Lost to Günther Lieser (East Germany) by decision

Commonwealth Games (67 kg), Edmonton, Canada, August 1978:

  • 1/4: Lost to John Raftery (Canada) by decision

Olympic Games (67 kg), Moscow, Soviet Union, July-August 1980:

  • 1/16: Defeated Elio Diaz (Venezuela) by majority decision, 4–1
  • 1/8: Lost to Karl-Heinz Krüger (East Germany) by unanimous decision, 0–5

Commonwealth Games (71 kg), Brisbane, Australia, October 1982:

  • 1/8: Lost to Nicholas Croombes (United Kingdom) by decision

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lucas Msomba Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. "3.All-Africa Games - Algiers, Algeria - July 13-28 1978". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 5 March 2019.


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