Lucia Chandamale

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Lucia Chandamale
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
Born (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988 (age 36)
Lilongwe, Malawi
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventLong-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
African Southern Region Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2007 Windhoek5000 m

Lucia Chandamale (born June 18, 1988, in Lilongwe) is a Malawian athlete, who specialized in long-distance running. [1] She represented Malawi at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the women's 5,000 metres. She ran in the first heat of the event, against sixteen other competitors, including Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba, who won the gold medal in the final round. Chandamale finished and completed the race in fifteenth place, with a time of 16:44.09, nearly nine seconds slower than her personal best of 16:35.75. [2]

Chandamale won a bronze medal in the 5000 m at the 2007 African Southern Region Athletics Championships in Windhoek, Namibia. [3] She was a celebrated athlete in Malawi, maintaining a winning streak at events like the Malawi Defence Force Inter Unit Sports Festival. [4]

Chandamale also reached the final in the same category for a tenth-place finish at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, with a time of 17:10.46.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lucia Chandamale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. "Women's 5000m Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. "Lucia Chandamale". Athletics Podium.
  4. "Chandamale meets her match: Malawi army inter unit sports festival". nyasatimes.com. Retrieved 4 March 2025.