Issaka Dabore
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| Nickname(s) | Aradou |
| Nationality | Nigerien |
| Born | c. 1940 (age 76–77) |
| Height | 1.63 cm (1 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Weight class | Welterweight Light-welterweight |
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Issake Dabore (born 1940) is a retired 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.
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. Dabore won the fight due to a technical knockout. In the second round, in which sixteen athletes competed in, Dabore was drawn against and beat Hans-Erik Pedersen of Denmark. Dabore again won the fight due to a technical knockout. In the quarterfinals held on 19 October 1964, Dabore was drawn against Pertti Purhonen who had defeated Australian Frank Roberts and Czechoslovak Bohumil Němeček to reach the quarterfinal stage. Purhonen won the fight 3–2 and, therefore, Dabore was eliminated. The competition was eventually won by Marian Kasprzyk of Poland.
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, Dabore competed in the men's light-welterweight competition. He was one of two Nigeriens who competed at the games, with fellow male boxer Dary Dasuda the other. In the second round of his competition (he had a bye in the first), Dabore was drawn against José Marín of Costa Rica. Dabore won the fight 5–0 and he therefore progressed to the third round. In the third round, Dabore lost 4–1 to Yevgeny Frolov of the Soviet Union. Dabore was, therefore, eliminated from the competition; a competition that was eventually won by Jerzy Kulej of Poland.
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