UME John

Papua New Guinea

Date of Birth: 19 Aug 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Place of birth: PORT MORESBY

Birth Country:

Papua New Guinea

Place of residence : PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boxing	Men's Light (57-63kg)	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Light (57-63kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 32 #53 AUS GARSIDE HGARSIDE Harry 5 WP PNG UME JUME John 0	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Oceania Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Light Welter	2017	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Mark Keto [personal]

He began boxing at the Soiki Boxing Club in Papua New Guinea in 2012. (postcourier.com.pg, 05 Dec 2017)

He was inspired to start boxing after being bullied. (postcourier.com.pg, 05 Dec 2017)

He trained at the Southside Fitness Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea after the closure of other sporting venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic he has focused on outdoor training to work on speed and endurance. (papuaniuginiwarrior.com, 30 Apr 2021)

His performance at the 2020 Asia/Oceanic Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan. "One of my greatest achievements in my career was when I went to Jordan [for the Olympic qualifier]. I defeated a boxer from Saudi Arabia in my first bout before losing to the world No.5 in my category." (papuaniuginiwarrior.com, 30 Apr 2021)

General Interest

Olympic qualifying results
He secured a spot for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo through an invitation from the Tripartite Commission. (postcourier.com, 18 Jun 2021)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/johnume23/?hl=en-gb
Instagram 2: https://instagram.com/john_ume/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WP:: Win on Points

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