Conjestina Achieng, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Conjestina Achieng

boxer

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1977

Place of Birth: Yala, Nyanza Province, Kenya

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Conjestina Achieng

  • Conjestina Achieng (born 20 October 1977 in Umiru village, Yala division, Siaya District.
  • Conjestina is the fifth born in a family of ten.
  • Her father Clement Adalo is a retired medical officer and her mother is Gertrude Auma.
  • Her elder brother, Joseph Kusimba is an ex-boxer who runs a boxing club in Mathare, Nairobi. She is a Kenyan female boxer who has been nicknamed "Hands of Stone" and is ranked number five in the world.
  • She became the first African woman to hold an international title when she beat Ugandan Fiona Tugume to take the vacant WIBF Middleweight title.
  • She also lost out in controversial title fight circumstances to then WBC, and WBA Super middleweight Natascha Ragosina Achieng, a single mother, plays in the middleweight division.

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