Matthew Lidaywa Mwange

Matthew Lidaywa Mwange
Personal information
Nationality  Kenya
Born (1979-01-02) 2 January 1979
Vihiga, Kenya
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Navy RC Kenya
Coached by Joshua Kandagor

Matthew Lidaywa Mwange (born January 2, 1979 in Vihiga) is a Kenyan single sculls rower.[1] He is also a member of Navy RC Kenya Rowing Club, and is coached and trained by Joshua Kandagor. Mwange stands 2.01 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall and weighs 86 kilograms (190 lb).

Mwange represented Kenya at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed as the nation's lone rower in the men's single sculls, an event which was later dominated by defending Olympic champion Olaf Tufte of Norway. He won the F-final, yet placed thirtieth overall in this event by forty seconds ahead of Honduras' Norberto Bernárdez Ávila, with a time of 7:52.59.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Matthew Lidaywa Mwange". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Men's Single Sculls – Final F". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
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