Beata Naigambo

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Beata Naigambo
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Naigambo at the Rio 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameBeata Nandjala Naigambo
Born (1980-03-11) 11 March 1980 (age 45)
Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
SportAthletics
Event Marathon

Beata Nandjala Naigambo (born 11 March 1980 in Windhoek, Khomas Region) is a Namibian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. Her personal best time is 2:27:28, set at the Hamburg Marathon in April 2015. [1]

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She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, [2] where she finished 28th out of 81 total participants in the Women's marathon. [3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 38th out of 107 finishers with a time of 2:31:16. [4]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom9thMarathon 2:47:22
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia–Marathon DNF
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand10thHalf marathon 1:21:09
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China28thMarathon 2:33:29
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany24thMarathon 2:33:05
Eindhoven Marathon Eindhoven, Netherlands1stMarathon2:31:01
2010 Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India4thMarathon 2:36:43
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom38thMarathon 2:31:16
2014 Glasgow Marathon Glasgow, United Kingdom11thMarathon 2:39:23
2015 World Championships Beijing, ChinaMarathon DNF
Hamburg Marathon Hamburg, Germany3 rdMarathon 2:27:28

References

  1. ↑ "Beata Naigambo". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Runner Naigambo struck by flu". The Namibian . 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  3. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Marathon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Women's Marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Olympics.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2013.


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