Tumat Sogolik

Tumat Sogolik (born 5 May 1955) is a Papua New Guinean boxer. He represented his country in the bantamweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He won his first match over Samuel Meck. He lost his second match against Chul Soon-Hwang.[1]

Tumat Sogolik
Statistics
Weight classBantamweight
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
NationalityPapua New Guinea
BornPapua New Guinea
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1978 Edmonton Bantamweight

He later competed in boxing in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. He won silver in the Bantamweight division after losing to Barry McGuigan of Northern Ireland. Tumat presently lives on Tsoi Island in the New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

References
  1. "Tumat Sogolik Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. "How fight with 'an absolute beast' made Barry McGuigan a household name | Sport". The Guardian. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  3. "Sports Hall of Fame Inductee - Tumat Sogolik". Pngolympic.org. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  4. Troy Taule (1955-05-05). "Tumat Sogolik now a member of Sports Hall of Fame". Loop PNG. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  5. "So many great fighters shared Common touch - - Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  6. Ingrid Gascoigne (2009). Papua New Guinea. p. 109. ISBN 9780761434160. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  7. Paul Rowan (2014-07-20). "Ring of fire". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on May 28, 2015. Retrieved 2017-01-06.


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