What is Dickson Wamwiri?
'''Dickson Wamwiri Wanjiku''' (December 24, 1984 &ndash; September 6, 2020) was a Kenyan [[taekwondo]] practitioner.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Dickson Wamwiri|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/dickson-wamwiri-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060126/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/dickson-wamwiri-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 25 December 2012}}</ref> Wamwiri qualified for the [[Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 58 kg|men's 58 kg]] class at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], after winning the championship title from the African Qualification Tournament in [[Tripoli, Libya]].<ref>{{cite news|title=WTF African Taekwondo Qualification Tournament Wraps Up in Resounding Success in Tripoli, Libya|url=http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=182&bbs_code=10001&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=182&page=26&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=a79b597e714065ad6d83ffa147de1b08|publisher=[[World Taekwondo Federation]]|date=3 November 2007|access-date=25 December 2012|archive-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307173724/http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=182&bbs_code=10001&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=182&page=26&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=a79b597e714065ad6d83ffa147de1b08|url-status=dead}}</ref> Wamwiri died on September 6, 2020 from [[cardiac arrest]] in [[Nairobi]] at the age of 35.<ref>[https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/other-sports/kenyan-olympian-taekwondo-dickson-wamwiri-collapses-dies-nairobi-1933854 Decorated Kenyan taekwondo star collapses and dies in Nairobi]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wamwiri, Dickson}} [[Category:1984 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cardiac arrest]] [[Category:Olympians for Kenya]] [[Category:Taekwondo practitioners]] {{sports-bio-stub}}