Pearl Morake

She is a multi-time national champion and competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

[2] Competing for the Botho College Boxing Club, she competed in Botswana's first national tournament for female boxers, with her bout against Katlego Olatotse lauded in the media as the most exciting of the night.

[3] Morake was the first woman to represent Botswana at an international level in boxing, and over the next few years became the national champion on four occasions.

She was seeded for the Middleweight tournament,[4] which meant that she only need to win a single match to be sure of a bronze medal.

[4] In 2015, she was named Sportswoman of the Year at the Botswana National Sports Commission Awards.