Leo Rwabwogo
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Name: Leo Rwabwogo
Hometown: Uganda
Birthplace: Tororo, Uganda
Died: 2009-01-15 (Age:59)
Amateur Boxer: Record
Leo Rwabwogo (June 3, 1949 - January 15, 2009) was a former boxer from Uganda, who won a total of two Olympic medals during his career as an amateur in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) in 1968 and 1972. He's the only Ugandan who has won more than one Olympic medal.
Olympic results
1968 (as a flyweight)
- Defeated Sang Byung-Soo (South Korea) 5-0
- Defeated Tibor Badari (Hungary) 3-2 (quarterfinal)
- Lost to Artur Olech (Poland) 2-3 (semifinal)
1972 (as a flyweight)
- Defeated Jorge Acuña (Uruguay) 5-0
- Defeated Maurice O'Sullivan (Great Britain) TKO 1
- Defeated Orn-Chim Chawalit (Thailand) 4-1
- Defeated Neil McLaughlin (Ireland) TKO 3
- Defeated Douglas Rodríguez (Cuba) 3-2
- Lost to Georgi Kostadinov (Bulgaria) 0-5