Harriet Boniface

Harriet Boniface
Personal information
Nationality	Malawian
Born	26 January 1993 (age 31)
Sport
Country	Malawi
Sport	Judo
Weight class	48 kg

Harriet Boniface (born 26 January 1993) is a Malawian Judoka, she represents Malawi internationally in Judo Tournament in the Extra-lightweight (48 kg) event. She competed at the Zone 6 Youth Games, winning a bronze medal,^[1] as well as the 2019 African Games.^[2]

Boniface is the first Malawian judoka to qualify for the Olympic Games and she competed at the 2020 Tokyo Games.^[3]^[4]^[5] Competing in the 48 kg division, she lost to Brazil's Gabrielle Chibana in the round of 32.^[6]

Her home village is Chikowi, Zomba District.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Harriet Boniface". MOC.org.mw. Malawi Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ Mlanjira, Duncan (15 August 2019). "Team Malawi judo first to leave for All Africa Games in Morocco". Malawi Nyasa Times. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ Malidadi, Mphatso (26 June 2021). "Boniface to compete at Olympics". Malawi Times. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "12 Malawian officials escort five athletes to Olympics". Malawi 24. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "2020 TOKYO : Boniface becomes Malawi's first-ever qualified Olympic athlete". africatopsports.com. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ Ngulube, Chisomo (26 July 2021). "Malawi's Judo Olympian Harriet Boniface out". Kulinji. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)