JONAS Jonas

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Light Welter	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

African Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Light	2019	Rabat, MAR

African Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Light Welter	2017	Brazzaville, CGO

Koko, JJJ (Facebook profile, 16 Apr 2020; Instagram profile, 01 Jan 2020)

Athlete

Afrikaans, English

Albertus Tsamaseb

Southpaw (boxrec.com, 28 Feb 2020)

He began boxing at age 10. (aipsafrica.com, 24 Aug 2019)

He was inspired to focus on boxing by one of his neighbours who competed in the sport. "He motivated me to focus on boxing. I was playing golf and football, which I was also good at. But I ended up opting for boxing due to him." (aipsafrica.com, 24 Aug 2019)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and then to turn professional. (chinadaily.com.cn, 28 Feb 2020)

He trains at a facility called The Dome in Swakopmund, Namibia. (namibiansun.com, 04 Feb 2020)

Namibian boxer Harry Simon, US boxer Muhammad Ali. (olympicchannel.com, 26 Feb 2020; informante.web.na, 28 Jan 2016)

He was flag bearer for Namibia at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (lelamobile.com, 11 Aug 2016)

He was named Sport Achiever of the Year and Sportsman of the Year at the 2014 MTC/Namibia Sport Commission [NSC] Awards. (informante.web.na, 28 Jan 2016)