 Roger Haitengi at the 2018 African Athletics Championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Namibia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1983 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple Jump | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Roger Nikanor Haitengi (born 12 September 1983) is a Namibian athlete specialising in the triple jump. [1] He won his first major medal, a bronze, at the 2014 African Championships.
His personal best in the event is 16.74 metres, set in Windhoek in 2010. This is the current national record.
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