Rosa Keleku
Congolese taekwondo practitioner
Rosa carrying the Congolese flag at Rio 2016 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Congolese |
Born | (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29) Kinshasa, Zaire |
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
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Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Sport | Taekwondo |
Rosa Keleku (born 16 January 1995) is a Democratic Republic of the Congo taekwondo athlete.
At the 2015 African Games she won a silver medal in the 49 kg category. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and she carried her country's flag in the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. She was the only one of her country's team to qualify. The other members of her country's team were chosen under a principle of universality.[1] She competed in the women's 49 kg, where she lost to Itzel Manjarrez in the preliminaries.[2]
References
External links
- Rosa Keleku at TaekwondoData.com
- Rosa Keleku at Olympics.com
- Rosa Keleku at Olympedia
Olympic Games | ||
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Preceded by Ilunga Mande Zatara | Flagbearer for Democratic Republic of the Congo Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Succeeded by Marcelat Sakobi Matshu David Tshama |
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