John Siryakibbe
Ugandan boxer
John Siryakibbe (25 December 1962) is an Ugandan retired boxer, who participated in two Summer Olympics.
Siryakibbe was just 17 years old when he competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after receiving a bye in the first round of the bantamweight contest, he was up against the Bulgarian Aleksandr Radev, which Siryakibbe won when the referee stopped the contest after just over a minute in round one, in the next round he was against the Frenchman Ali Ben Moghenia, this went all the way with the Ugandan winning on points 5–0, in the quarter finals he lost against Bernardo Piñango after a second-round knockout.
Two years later Siryakibbe was in Brisbane, competing in the 1982 Commonwealth Games, where he finished 5th in the bantamweight division, the following year he won a gold medal at the 1983 African Amateur Boxing Championships which were held in Kampala, Uganda.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 Summer Olympics | 1980 | |
| 1984 Summer Olympics | 1984 |
External links
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.