Conjestina Achieng
boxer
Conjestina Achieng (born 20 October 1977) is a Kenyan retired female boxer who has been nicknamed "Hands of Stone". She became the first African woman to hold an international title when she beat Ugandan Fiona Tugume to take the vacant WIBF Middleweight title. She also twice lost out in controversial title fight circumstances to then WBC and WBA Super middleweight Natascha Ragosina.
Personal life
Achieng was born in Umiru village, Yala division, Siaya District. Conjestina is the fifth born in a family of ten. Her father, Clement Adalo, is a retired medical officer.
Health issues
In January 2011, Conjestina's father sent an appeal to Kenyans to help him take her to hospital after her behaviour deteriorated from the norm. According to her father, Conjestina had removed her son from school, set ablaze to all her boxing gear and disposed of all the equipment from her gymnasium, which she had opened in 2009. She was admitted at the Mathari hospital in Nairobi which specialises in mental health care. She was later released.
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