KENOSI Keamogetse Sadie

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Light	2019	Ulan-Ude, RUS

African Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Feather	2019	Rabat, MAR

African Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Light	2017	Brazzaville, CGO

Sadie (Facebook profile, 089 Apr 2020)

Watching television, travel, spending time with friends. (mmegi.bw, 06 Mar 2020; thevoicebw.com, 25 Oct 2019)

Athlete

English

Diamond Trading Company Botswana [DTCB] [Gaborone, BOT]

Lechedzani Luza [national]; Thebe Setlalekgosi, BOT, from 2014

Orthodox (mmegi.bw, 06 Mar 2020)

She began boxing at age 15 at Goldmine Junior Secondary School in Francistown, Botswana. (thevoicebw.com, 25 Oct 2019)

Originally a netball player, she was encouraged to take up boxing in school so she would stay out of trouble. "I was a bully and was always being punished for beating others. Then our school's boxing coach, Gilbert Mambo, forced me to join the sport and wanted me to put my hands to good use." (mmegi.bw, 06 Mar 2020; thevoicebw.com, 25 Oct 2019)

To finish on the podium at the Olympic Games, to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, and to turn professional. (thevoicebw.com, 25 Oct 2019)

She trains four days a week [on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday], waking up at 05:00 to start her sessions. (thevoicebw.com, 25 Oct 2019)

Winning gold at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco, and competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. (thevoicebw.com, 25 Oct 2019)

Her mother Kebareng, coaches Gilbert Mambo and Lechedzani Luza. (thevoicebw.com, 25 Oct 2019)

"Listen. Respect and follow the instructions of your coach." (thevoicebw.com, 25 Oct 2019)

In 2019 she was named Female Boxer of the Year by the Botswana Boxing Association [BoBA]. (allafrica.com, 27 Feb 2020)

She was named Botswana Boxing Association [BoBA] Junior Female Boxer of the Year for 2014. (dailynews.gov.bw, 30 Nov 2015)