Rosa Keleku

Rosa Keleku Lukusa

Rosa carrying the Congolese flag at Rio 2016
Personal information
Nationality DR Congo
Born (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995
Kinshasa, Zaire
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo

Rosa Keleku (born 16 January 1995) is a Democratic Republic of the Congo taekwondo athlete.

She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and she carried her country's flag in the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro. She was the only one of her country's team to qualify. The other members of her country's team were chosen under a principal of universality.[1] She competed in the women's 49 kg, where she lost to Itzel Manjarrez in the preliminaries.[2]

References

  1. Rose eliminated, RadioKapi, Retrieved 19 August 2016
  2. "Rosa Keleku Lukusa". rio2016.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Ilunga Mande Zatara
Flagbearer for  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Succeeded by
Incumbent


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