Rosa Keleku

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Rosa Keleku Lukusa
Rosa carrying the Congolese flag at Rio 2016
Personal information
NationalityCongolese
Born (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29)
Kinshasa, Zaire
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
SportTaekwondo

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

At the 2015 African Games she won a silver medal in the 49 kg category. 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 principle of universality.[1] She competed in the women's 49 kg, where she lost to Itzel Manjarrez in the preliminaries.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rose eliminated, RadioKapi, Retrieved 19 August 2016
  2. ^ "Rosa Keleku Lukusa". rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rio de Janeiro 2016
Succeeded by