Emily Nakalema

Emily Nakalema (born Emily Kyomugisha, 1994) is a Ugandan female boxer[1] competing in the welterweight division.[2] As of July 2019, she was the captain of Uganda's national female boxers team, the She Bombers.[3] She is also a bronze medal winner at the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Emily Nakalema
Statistics
Real nameEmily Nakalema
Nickname(s)Golola
Weight(s)Welterweight
NationalityUgandan
BornEmily Kyomugisha
Mbarara District, Uganda
Medal record
Women's boxing
Representing Uganda
2018 East Africa Games
2018 Burundi Welterweight
2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
2020 Dakar, Senegal Welterweight

Background and education

Emily Nakalema was born Emily Kyomugisha to Samuel and Teopista Kyomugisha in Mbarara[4] and is the third born in a family of five. She attended Kulumba Primary School after which she joined Allied Secondary School for her first year of secondary school. She was later admitted to Citizen High School, Mbarara on a sports bursary after which she dropped out of school in 2016[4] and moved to Kampala city.

Involvement in sports

Emily Nakalema started out playing football[5] and featured for Mbarara United FC in regional tours[6] before moving to Kampala and eventually taking up boxing in 2018.[4]

She boxes under a local club, Katwe Boxing Club[7][8] and has also represented Uganda at regional and continental level.

Honors

References
  1. "Women's Day: Celebrating women achievers in sports". newvision.co.ug. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  2. Salt Media (February 26, 2020). "Boxing: Nakaleme Brings Hope To Uganda's Camp In Dakar". Salt Media. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  3. "UN Women engages with the boxing fraternity in Uganda". UN Women | Africa. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  4. Nalujja, Regina (March 14, 2020). "Nakalema: From pitch to ring". The Daily Monitor. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  5. ""You cannot win against me" – The school prefect who became a star boxer". Olympic Channel. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  6. "Nakalema: From pitch to ring". Daily Monitor. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  7. kawowo.com https://kawowo.com/2019/02/03/epic-climax-expected-at-the-2019-national-boxing-open-championship/. Retrieved March 26, 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "BOXING : 60 Bombers summoned for National team's preparations | Swift Sports Uganda". May 10, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
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