Year of Birth1992
Biography
Gaston is a boxer, taekwondo athlete and runner (1500m), who has been a refugee three times. Gaston fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo alone in 2003, after he became an orphan. Gaston encountered great hardship in his search for safety and a new home, fleeing to Burundi, then Uganda, before settling in Kenya.
Despite the difficulties he has faced, he has found new hope in sport, which he describes as a force for good that encourages peace. Most recently, Gaston has moved to train in Germany, at the Taekwondo Competence Center in Friedrichshafen.
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