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Francis Were Nyangweso
Personal information
NationalityUgandan
Born(1939-09-29)29 September 1939
Busia, Uganda
Died15 February 2011(2011-02-15) (aged 71)
Kampala, Uganda
Sport
SportBoxing

Francis Were Nyangweso (29 September 1939 – 15 February 2011) was a Ugandan boxer.[1] He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2] He later went on to work in sports administration in Uganda,[3] as well as becoming a general in the Ugandan Army,[4] before being caught up in a bribery scandal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Frank Nyangweso". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Nyangweso Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Ugandan IOC member Nyangweso dies at 72". Taiwan News. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  4. ^ "TRIBUTE: Nyangweso is a real iron-man". New Vision. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Olympics scandal draws in Sydney". BBC News. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  6. ^ "OLYMPIC SCANDAL LOOMS IN AFRICA". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 March 2022.

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