Namibia at the 2019 African Games

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Namibia at the
2019 African Games
Flag of Namibia.svg
IOC code NAM
NOC Namibian National Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco
19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors68 (47 men and 21 women) in 13 sports
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
8
African Games appearances (overview)

Namibia competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. Early on 56 athletes were scheduled to represent Namibia in 10 sports. [1] This later grew to 68 athletes in 13 sports. [lower-alpha 1] In total two gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals were won and the country finished in 16th place in the medal table, shared with Angola. Most medals were won in cycling.

Contents

Medal summary

Medal table

Archery

Adriaan Paul Grobler and Quinn Reddig competed in archery and they won the silver medal in the mixed team event. [2] [3]

Grobler also competed in the men's individual event and Reddig also competed in the women's individual event.

Athletics

Namibia competed in athletics. [1] [4]

Chenoult Lionel Coetzee and Gilbert Hainuca competed in the men's 100 metres event. Neither of them qualified to compete in the semifinals.

Jolene Jacobs and Globine Mayova competed in the women's 100 metres event. Jacobs advanced to the semifinals and Mayova did not advance to the semifinals.

Gideon Ernst Narib, Kamuaruuma Sydney and Alexander Mahmad Bock competed in the men's 200 metres event.

Tjipekapora Herunga and Beatrice Masilingi competed in the women's 400 metres event. Herunga qualified in the heats to compete in the semifinals and Masilingi qualified to compete in the final. She finished in 7th place.

Boxing

Namibia selected eleven boxers to represent the country at the 2019 African Games: [5] At the Games, only eight boxers participated: Gabriel Shigwedha, Trofimus Johannes, Chris Kangorondue didn't step into a ring.

Jonas Junias Jonas won the bronze medal in the men's super lightweight (63 kg) event. [6] [7]

Key:

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Nestor Thomas −52 kg Flag of Botswana.svg  R Mahommed  (BOT)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Tryagain Ndevelo −57 kg ByeFlag of Togo.svg  K Hounkpatin  (TOG)
W5–0
Flag of Zambia.svg  E Mulenga  (ZAM)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Jonas Jonas −63 kg Flag of Egypt.svg  R Abdelkawi  (EGY)
W5–0
Flag of Guinea.svg  A Sylla  (GUI)
W5–0
Flag of Ghana.svg  AW Omar  (GHA)
W4–1
Flag of Morocco.svg  A Nadir  (MAR)
L 2–3
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Martin Kambalili −69 kg Flag of Ethiopia.svg  M Keralah  (ETH)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Andreas Shikongo −75 kg Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  S Kamara  (SLE)
W5–0
Flag of Morocco.svg  T Allali  (MAR)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Immanuel Shaanika −81 kg Flag of Mauritius.svg  JC Otendy  (MRI)
L – RSC on round 2
Did not advance
Oiva Waitele −91 kg ByeFlag of Morocco.svg  Y Baalla  (MAR)
L – KO on round 1
Did not advance
Naftali Sheyapo +91 kg ByeFlag of Nigeria.svg  S Adebayo  (NGR)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Chess

Four chess players represented Namibia in chess: Dante Beukes, Charles Eichab, Lishen Mentile and Nicola Veweza Tjaronda.

Cycling

Namibia competed in road cycling and mountain bike cycling. [1] [8] [9]

Fencing

Namibia competed in fencing. [1] Johan Pieterse, Jens Pinsenschaum and Connor Strydom competed in the men's Individual Épée event and the Team Épée event.

Karate

Namibia competed in karate. [1] [10]

Shooting

Namibia competed in shooting. [1] Ian Kriel, Hendrik Roos and Frans Venter competed in the men's trap event. [11]

Swimming

Two athletes represented Namibia in swimming. [1] [12]

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Xander Skinner 50 m freestyle 23.197 Q23.095
100 m freestyle 50.864 Q50.535
200 m freestyle 1:54.418 Q1:55.108
50 m butterfly 26.1018Did not advance
100 m backstroke 59.289Did not advance
100 m butterfly 59.0921Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Kiah Borg 50 m freestyle 28.1515Did not advance
50 m butterfly 30.5815Did not advance

Tennis

Namibia entered four tennis players into the African Games, three men and one woman.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jean Erasmus Men's singles Flag of Madagascar.svg  L Andriamasilalao  (MAD)
L 1–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Gideon Van Dyk Men's singles Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  B Kargbo  (SLE)
L 2–6, 5–7
Did not advance
Codie Van Schalkwyk Men's singles Flag of Egypt.svg  K-M Maamoun  (EGY)
L 0–6, 0–6
Did not advance
Jean Erasmus
Gideon Van Dyk
Men's doubles Flag of Nigeria.svg  S Emmanuel /
J Ubong  (NGR)
L 6–7(1–7), 0–6
Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Liniques Theron Women's singles Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  B Matsiwe  (ZIM)
W6–1, 6–1
Flag of Egypt.svg  L Salama  (EGY)
L 2–6, 1–6
Did not advance

Volleyball

Kristin Schulz and Kim Seebach represented Namibia in beach volleyball in the women's tournament and they reached the quarterfinals. [1] [13]

Wrestling

Two athletes represented Namibia in wrestling. [1] [14] [15] [16]

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kevin Vleermuis −57 kg ByeFlag of Nigeria.svg  E Welson  (NGR)
L 0–10 ST
Did not advanceByeFlag of Morocco.svg  C Ansari  (MAR)
L 0–10 ST
5
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventGroup stagesFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
StandingOpposition
Score
Rank
Romio Goliath −60 kg Group A
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  J Ibanda  (COD): L 0–9 ST
Flag of Nigeria.svg  I Robinson  (NGR): L 8–17 SP
Flag of Algeria.svg  A Laouni  (ALG): L 0–9 ST
4Did not advance6

See also

Notes

  1. The sports mountain biking and road cycling are listed together under "Cycling".

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