David Mulenga Explained

David Mulenga
Sport:Athletics
Event:Sprint
Birth Date:8 August 2002
Pb:400m: 46.14s (2021)

David Mulenga (born 8 August 2002) is a Zambian sprinter. He reached the final of the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

He ran as a member of the Zambian 4 x 400 metres relay team won the silver medal at the 2022 African Championships in Port Louis, Mauritius.[2]

He ran the 4x400m relay at the 2022 Commonwelath Games in Birmingham, England.[3] They came through the heats to qualify for the final, placing fifth overall.[4] [5]

He won gold with the Zambian 4x400m team at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra, in a national record time of 2.59:12.[6] That time proved to be enough for the team qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games by ranking.[7]

He ran as part of the Zambian 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[8] [9]

He won bronze with the Zambian 4x400m relay team at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics in Douala, Cameroon in June 2024.[10] [11]

He competed in the men's 4x400m relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris as part of the Zambian team which qualified for the final, placing eighth overall.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Mulenga . World Athletics. 10 August 2024.
  2. Web site: 8 June 2022. World Athletics. African Championships. 10 August 2024.
  3. Web site: African badminton medallists among Zambia squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Inside The Games. 10 August 2024. Eliott. Brennan. 17 July 2022.
  4. Web site: XXII Commonwealth Games. 10 August 2024. World Athletics. 30 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Zambia 4 by 400 relay team make final. Zambia24.com. 10 August 2024. 6 August 2022.
  6. Web site: We want to run another national record at World Relays – Muzala. Diggers.news. 10 August 2024. Chomba. Kabamba. 24 March 2024.
  7. Web site: Zambia Men’s Relay Team’s Qualification For Olympic Games Sealed. zambiandigest. 10 August 2024. July 1, 2024.
  8. Web site: World Athletics. 12 May 2024. 4X400 METRES RELAY. 5 May 2024.
  9. Web site: Zambia underwhelms at World Relays. Diggers.news. 10 August 2024. Godfrey. Dube. 6 May 2024r.
  10. Web site: ATHLETICS TEAM IN CAMEROON FOR THE CAA. oydc.org.za. 10 August 2024. 17 June 2024.
  11. Web site: African Athletics Championships. World Athletics. 10 August 2024. 21 June 2024.
  12. Web site: Men's 4x400m Relay Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics. Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. 10 August 2024.
  13. Web site: PARIS 2024: Get closer to Team Zambia. Supersport. 10 August 2024. 12 July 2024.