{"id":2000130402,"date":"2026-10-26T09:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000130402"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T07:45:57","slug":"rwanda-win-four-medals-at-african-elite-boxing-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-win-four-medals-at-african-elite-boxing-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda wins four medals at African Elite Boxing Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The championships began on October 15, 2026, at Kasarani Indoor Arena, bringing together 150 boxers representing 15 African countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda was represented by six boxers who competed across four weight categories: 47\u201350kg, 50\u201355kg, 55\u201360kg and 60\u201365kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team secured its first-ever silver medal at the continental competition through Valentin, while Pacifique Niyonzima, Jean Claude Iyanone and Kenny each won a bronze medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The achievement marks a significant milestone for Rwandan boxing, as the country had not previously won a medal at the championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rwanda Boxing Federation (RBF) described the results as the beginning of continued progress, pledging to intensify training and build a stronger national team capable of winning gold medals in future competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenya, the host nation, emerged as the best-performing country at the African Boxing Elite Championships, winning 14 medals, including five gold, three silver and six bronze medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda\u2019s boxing team celebrates its first-ever silver medal at the African championships.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rwanda\u2019s boxing team showcased its skills at the African championships.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rwanda\u2019s national boxing team has made history by winning four medals, including a silver, at the 2026 African Elite Boxing Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000130403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"archived_slugs":[],"footnotes":"","igh_game_id":0},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000130402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8,"twitter_handle":""}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8,"twitter_handle":""}],"featured_image":{"id":2000130403,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/HVdysjlWMAA4FGP-1.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Rwanda\u2019s boxing team showcased its skills at the African championships.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1500,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/HVdysjlWMAA4FGP-1.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/HVdysjlWMAA4FGP-1.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/HVdysjlWMAA4FGP-1.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/HVdysjlWMAA4FGP-1.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/10\/HVdysjlWMAA4FGP-1.jpg","width":1500,"height":1000}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000130402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000130402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000130402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000130406,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000130402\/revisions\/2000130406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000130403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000130402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000130402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000130402"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000130402"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000130402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}