Rasheed Olawale Lawal is a Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

n amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in the lightweight division.

At the 2007 All-Africa Games

2007 All-Africa Games

The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there...

 he lost to Herbert Nkabiti

Herbert Nkabiti

Herbert Nkabiti is a male amateur boxer from Botswana best known to win Junior Welterweight Silver at the 2007 AllAfrica Games.At the Commonwealth Games 2006 he lost his second fight to eventual English winner James Russan....

 at junior welterweight and went down a division. He finished second at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from 24 March to 29 March 2008 in Windhoek, Namibia. It was held at the Gymnasium Hall of the University of Namibia.- Competition System :...

 after defeating Julius Indongo

Julius Indongo

Julius Munyelele Indongo is an amateur Namibian lightweight boxer. Indongo qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics by winning a bronze medal at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in his native Namibia....

 and losing the final to fellow qualifier Jean de Dieu Soloniaina

Jean de Dieu Soloniaina

Jean de Dieu Soloniaina Razanadrakoto is an amateur boxer from Madagascar who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at lightweight at the 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament....

 . At the Olympics he was shut out 0:12 by Armenian Hrachik Javakhyan

Hrachik Javakhyan

Hrachik Javakhyan is an Armenian lightweight boxer best known to win Silver at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Plovdiv and qualifying for the Olympics 2008.-Career:...

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