Issake Daboré

Issake Dabore (1940 – 25 December 2021) was a boxer from Niger who mainly fought in the light-welterweight and welterweight weight classes. Dabore competed at three Olympics; Tokyo 1964, Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972. He was the first Nigerien person to compete at the Olympics and the first Nigerien to win an Olympic medal. Dabore won his Olympic medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in the men's light-welterweight.

Competition

1964 Summer Olympics At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Dabore competed in the men's welterweight competition. By doing so, he became the first person from Niger to compete at an Olympics. Dabore was the only athlete from Niger who competed at the games. In his competition, Dabore was drawn against Hong Tshun Fu of Taiwan in the first round.

1965 All-Africa Games At the 1965 All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Dabore participated in the welterweight competition. He won the silver medal, losing in the final to Joseph Bessala of Cameroon.

1968 Summer Olympics At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, Dabore competed in the men's light-welterweight competition. In the second round of his competition (he had a bye in the first), Dabore was drawn against José Marín of Costa Rica.

1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, Dabore competed in the men's light-welterweight competition. The other three athletes; Mayaki Seydou, Harouna Lago and Issoufou Habou; were all also boxers. Dabore's medal was Niger's first ever Olympic medal. As of 2016, only one other Nigerien athlete has won an Olympic medal.