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{{Short description|Kenyan boxer (born 1956)}}
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{{MedalCountry | {{KEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Amateur Boxing Championships|World Amateur Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1978 Belgrade]] | Light Flyweight}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships|1974 Havana]] | Light Flyweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1974 Commonwealth Games|1974 Christchurch]] | Light Flyweight}} 
{{MedalGold | [[1978 Commonwealth Games|1978 Edmonton]] | Light Flyweight}} 
{{MedalCompetition|[[All-Africa Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1978 All-Africa Games|1978 Algiers]] | Light Flyweight}}
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'''Stephen ("Steve") Muchoki''' (born 23 December 1956) is a retired [[light flyweight]] [[boxing|boxer]] from [[Kenya]], who had an excellent career (197 wins, three losses) as an amateur. He won the silver medal at the inaugural [[1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships]] in [[Havana, Cuba]]. The same year he captured the title at the [[1974 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand.

Muchoki was to represent Kenya at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada, but Kenya choose to boycott. Two years later he won the world title at the [[1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships]] in [[Belgrade]], [[Yugoslavia]], and the gold medal at the [[1978 Commonwealth Games]] once again.

==References==
* {{Boxrec|id=714}}
* [http://www.boxing-records.com/palm/voirpalma.phtml?boxeur=muchokst.html Boxing-Records]

{{Footer World Amateur Champions Light Flyweight}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Light Flyweight}}

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[[Category:1956 births]]
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[[Category:Light-flyweight boxers]]
[[Category:Boxers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Boxers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya]]
[[Category:Kenyan male boxers]]
[[Category:AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists for Kenya]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists in boxing]]
[[Category:Boxers at the 1978 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:African Boxing Union champions]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:20th-century Kenyan sportsmen]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing]]

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