Namibia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Namibia at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Namibia at the; 2022 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Namibia
CGF code	NAM
CGA	Namibia National Olympic Committee
Website	olympic.org.na
in Birmingham, England ; 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022
Competitors	32 (25 men and 7 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Ananias Shikongo ; Christine Mboma
Medals ; Ranked 39th	Gold0Silver0Bronze4Total4
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Last updated December 21, 2024

Namibia competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022.^[1] It was Namibia's eighth appearance at the Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Helalia Johannes	Athletics	Women's marathon	30 July
Bronze	Alex Miller	Cycling	Men's cross-country	3 August
Bronze	Ananias Shikongo	Athletics	Men's 100 m T12	4 August
Bronze	Christine Mboma	Athletics	Women's 200 m	6 August

Competitors

Namibia will send a delegation of fifty-five (including officials and other staff) to the Games.^[3]

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	10	3	13
Boxing	2	0	2
Cycling	6	2	8
Lawn bowls	2	0	2
Swimming	2	0	2
Triathlon	3	2	5
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	25^[a]	7	32^[a]

Notes

1 2 Total adjusted as two competitors (Jean-Paul Burger and Drikus Coetzee) are competing in cycling and triathlon.

Athletics

A squad of twelve athletes and one guide were officially selected on 1 July 2022.^[4]^[5] The para athletes qualified via the World Para Athletics World Rankings (for performances registered between 31 December 2020 and 25 April 2022).

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gilbert Hainuca	100 m	10.31	3 q	10.29	6	did not advance
Ananias Shikongo Guide: Even Tjiviju	100 m (T12)	11.12	2 q	—		10.95
Bradley Murere	100 m (T47)	11.57	3 Q	—		11.62	5
Mahhad Bock	400 m	46.71	4	did not advance
Ivan Geldenhuys		46.51	4 q	46.68	4	did not advance
Andre Retief		46.95	4	did not advance
Daniel Paulus	5000 m	—				13:53.12	14
Andre Retief	400 m hurdles	51.73	4	—		did not advance
Tomas Rainhold	Marathon	—				2:24:30	13

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Ryan Williams	Discus throw	55.54	13	did not advance

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christine Mboma	200 m	23.20	1 Q	22.93	1 Q	22.80
Alina Armas	Marathon	—				2:33:30	7
Helalia Johannes	Marathon	—				2:28:39	^[6]

Boxing

Two boxers were officially selected on 1 July 2022.^[4]^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tryagain Ndevelo	Featherweight	Bye	Davule (FIJ) W RSC	Hussamuddin (IND) L 1 - 4	did not advance
Jonas Jonas	Light welterweight	Caleb (NRU) W RSC	Williams (BAH) W 5 - 0	Lynch (SCO) L 0 - 5	did not advance

Cycling

Seven cyclists were officially selected on 1 July 2022.^[4]^[5]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jean-Paul Burger	Road race	DNF
Dirk Coetzee		DNF
Tristan de Lange		DNF
Alex Miller		3:37:08	47
Xavier Papo		DNF
Dirk Coetzee	Time trial	55:05.94	32

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anri Krugel	Road race	DNF
Vera Looser	Road race	2:44:46	4
Anri Krugel	Time trial	49:46.28	29
Vera Looser	Time trial	45:18.14	22

Mountain Biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hugo Hahn	Men’s cross-country	LAP	13
Alex Miller		1:36:20
Xavier Papo		LAP	17

Lawn bowls

Two bowlers were officially selected on 1 July 2022.^[4]^[5]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Carel Olivier	Men's Singles	Walker (ENG) L 12 - 21	Simpson (JAM) W 21 - 9	Naiseruvati (FIJ) W 21 - 15	Abd Muin (MAS) W 21 - 12	3	did not advance
John-Pierre Fouche Carel Olivier	Men's Pairs	Wales (WAL) L14 - 16	Jamaica (JAM) W33 - 4	Northern Ireland (NIR) L6 - 27	Norfolk Island (NFK) W19 - 3	3	did not advance

Swimming

As of 10 June 2022, two swimmers will take part in the competition.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Xander Skinner	100 m freestyle	50.40	17 R	50.06	15	did not advance
Ronan Wantenaar	50 m breaststroke	28.27	14 Q	28.56	16	did not advance
Ronan Wantenaar	100 m breaststroke	1:03.14	18	did not advance

Triathlon

As of 25 June 2022, five triathletes will take part in the competition.^[8]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Divan Du Plooy	Men's	9:53	1:03	29:17	0:22	15:49	56:24	25
Anri Krugel	Women's	11:51	1:08	32:23	0:25	20:09	1:05:56	23
Imke Jagau	Women's	12:16	1:09	32:17	0:20	20:10	1:06:12	24

Mixed relay

Athletes	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 300 m, Bike 5 km, Run 2 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Dirkus Coetzee Imke Jagau Jean-Paul Burger Anri Krugel	Mixed relay	20:44 24:02 20:57 24:41	1:30:24	9

Wrestling

Two wrestlers were officially selected on 1 July 2022.^[4]^[5]

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Romio Goliath	Men's -57 kg	Bye	Asad (PAK) L 0 - 10	did not advance			10
Jason Afrikaner	Men's -65 kg	Bye	Ramm (ENG) L 0 - 3	did not advance			10

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References

↑ "Chef de Mission | Namibia". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
↑ Barker, Philip (26 July 2022). "Namibia choose trailblazing Paralympian and Olympian to carry flag at Birmingham 2022". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
↑ "Namibia announces 55-person delegation for upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games". Xinhua. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 "TEAM NAMIBIA AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022". NNOC. 4 July 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 "NNOC and Commonwealth Games Association Announce Namibian Team". Confidente (Facebook). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
↑ "Marathon - Women's Marathon". BBC Sport. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
↑ "We are extremely proud to [...]". Namibian Swimming Federation (Facebook). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
↑ "Namibia Triathlon is proud to [...]". Namibia Triathlon Federation (Facebook). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

External links

Commonwealth Games Namibia Official site

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[total-4] 1 2 Total adjusted as two competitors (Jean-Paul Burger and Drikus Coetzee) are competing in cycling and triathlon.

[1] "Chef de Mission | Namibia". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[2] Barker, Philip (26 July 2022). "Namibia choose trailblazing Paralympian and Olympian to carry flag at Birmingham 2022". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[3] "Namibia announces 55-person delegation for upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games". Xinhua. 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[os-5] 1 2 3 4 5 "TEAM NAMIBIA AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022". NNOC. 4 July 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[osc-6] 1 2 3 4 5 "NNOC and Commonwealth Games Association Announce Namibian Team". Confidente (Facebook). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

[7] "Marathon - Women's Marathon". BBC Sport. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[8] "We are extremely proud to [...]". Namibian Swimming Federation (Facebook). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[9] "Namibia Triathlon is proud to [...]". Namibia Triathlon Federation (Facebook). 25 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

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