| Everisto Mulenga | |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 1.67 m |
| Nationality: | Zambian |
| Birth Date: | 1999 3, df=y[1] |
Everisto Mulenga (born 26 March 1999) is a Zambian amateur boxer. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Games and later qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics by winning the African Qualification Tournament, both at featherweight.
Mulenga won a silver medal at the 2016 African Region V Youth U20 Games in Luanda, losing to Ricardo Malajika of South Africa in the finals.[2] He reached the quarterfinals of the bantamweight event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where he won his first bout before suffering a loss to Mohammad Hussamuddin.[3] Mulenga won a featherweight bronze medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat.[4] He won three straight fights before losing to the eventual gold medalist Mohamed Hamout in the semifinals.[5]
Mulenga qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics with a first-place finish at the African Qualification Tournament, where he defeated veteran Nick Okoth in the final via unanimous decision.[6] [7] At the Tokyo Olympics, he received a first-round bye in the featherweight bracket.[8] Mulenga began his first bout against Ceiber Ávila by opening a cut above his opponent's eye in the first round, but he ultimately lost the fight by split decision.[9] [10]