Namibia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Namibia
CGF code	NAM
CGA	Namibian National Olympic Committee
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	28 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Ananias Shikongo (opening)
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 2
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Namibia competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. ^[1]

The Namibian team consisted of 30 (20 men and 10 women) athletes competing in seven sports. ^[2]

Para track and field athlete Ananias Shikongo was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. ^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jonas Jonas	Boxing	Men's −64 kg	April 14
Gold	Helalia Johannes	Athletics	Women's marathon	April 15

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	3	9
Boxing	3	0	3
Cycling	4	2	6
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Lawn bowls	4	4	8
Triathlon	1	0	1
Total	19	9	28

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ananias Shikongo Guide: Even Tjiviju	100 m T12	11.26	3 q	11.37	4
Hardus Maritz	400 m hurdles	50.41	5	did not advance
Uveni Kugongelwa	Marathon	—	DNF
Namupala Reonard		—	DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Roger Haitengi	Triple jump	16.36	3 q	16.24	8

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Leena Ekandjo	Marathon	2:50:59	12
Lavinia Haitope		2:40:54	7
Helalia Johannes		2:32:40

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia participated with a team of 3 athletes (3 men)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mathias Hamunyela	−49 kg	—	Hassan  (KEN) L 2-3	did not advance
Tryagain Ndevelo	−60 kg	BYE	Garside  (AUS) L 0-5	did not advance
Jonas Jonas	−64 kg	Williams  (BAH) W 5-0	Kondakov  (SAM) WRSC	Saparamadu  (SRI) W 5-0	McCormack  (ENG) W 3-2	Blumenfeld  (CAN) W 5-0

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia participated with 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women).

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dirk Coetzee	Road race	4:05:45	44
Dan Craven		3:59:35	40
Tristan De Lange		3:59:35	36
Martin Freyer		DNF
Dirk Coetzee	Time trial	53:16.85	19
Martin Freyer		58:12.22	37

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Vera Adrian	Road race	3:03:32	15
	Time trial	42:26.14	16
Michelle Vorster	Road race	3:03:32	21

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tristan De Lange	Men's cross-country	1:26:59	12
Michelle Vorster	Women's cross-country	1:23:37	8

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Artistic

Namibia participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Men

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Robert Honiball	Qualification	—	7.900	—		9.850	DNS	—

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia will compete in Lawn bowls. ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Douw Calitz Willem Esterhuizen Carel Olivier	Triples	Niue W 25 - 10	Canada W 16 - 11	Singapore L 15 - 20	New Zealand L 8 - 28	3	did not advance
Douw Calitz Willem Esterhuizen Carel Olivier Graham Snyman	Fours	Northern Ireland L 11 - 17	Niue W 16 - 13	Fiji L 11 - 14	Malaysia L 11 - 14	4	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sheena Du Toit Johanna van den Bergh Lesley Vermeulen	Triples	New Zealand L 15 - 22	Jersey L 12 - 15	Wales L 14 - 15	Zambia W 19 - 9	4	did not advance
Sheena Du Toit Johanna van den Bergh Lesley Vermeulen Anjuleen Viljoen	Fours	Malaysia L 13 - 17	Papua New Guinea D 12 - 12	Australia L 9 - 23	Cook Islands L 7 - 20	5	did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Jean-Paul Burger	Men's	9:19	0:36	28:35	0:25	16:23	55:18	15

See also

• Namibia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. "Entries, Namibia". Gold Coast 2018 (official site). Gold Coast, Australia. 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.^{[ dead link ]}
3. Haden, Alexis (4 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games 2018: Ananias Shikongo will make you want to be a better person". The South African. Cape Town, South Africa. Retrieved 8 April 2018.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). gc2018.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.