Kabange Mupopo

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Kabange Mupopo
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Mupopo in 2017
Personal information
Full name Kabange Mupopo
Date of birth (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia [1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Green Buffaloes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Green Buffaloes
International career
2012– Zambia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Kabange Mupopo
Medal record
Athletics
Representing Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Marrakech 400 metres
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Durban 400 metres
All-Africa Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville 400 metres

Kabange Mupopo (born 21 September 1992) is a Zambian sprinter and football midfielder. She won gold in the 400 metres at the 2015 All-Africa Games and represented Zambia in football at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Biography

Mupopo started playing football at 11 with her brother's guidance. [3] She played for Green Buffaloes F.C. and the Zambia women's national football team; as team captain, she led Zambia to the 2014 African Women's Championship tournament, where they were eliminated in the group stage. [3] [4]

Mupopo picked up athletics in the spring of 2014, running 53.44 for 400 metres in her first official meeting. [3] [5] She represented Zambia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she ran 53.09 and was eliminated in the semi-finals. [3] [6] In August, she took silver in 51.21 at the African Championships in Marrakech, breaking the Zambian record; she lost the gold to Nigeria's Folashade Abugan, who ran the same time, in a photo-finish. [7] Mupopo qualified to represent Africa at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, also in Marrakech, where she placed fourth and improved her national record to 50.87. [3] [6] Mupopo received an 18-month athletics scholarship from the Zambian Olympic Committee in 2015, leading her to concentrate on athletics and not football. [8] [9]

Mupopo debuted in the IAAF Diamond League in Doha in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88. [10] In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second. [6] She was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing. [11]

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