Namibia at the 2016 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:NAM
Nocname:Namibian National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2016
Location:Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:10
Sports:4
Flagbearer:Jonas Junias[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1992

Namibia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Namibian National Olympic Committee sent a team of 10 athletes, 4 men and 6 women, to compete in track and field, boxing, road cycling, mountain biking, and shooting at the Olympics, matching the nation's roster size with Beijing 2008.[2] [3] The Namibian roster featured four returning Olympians; two of them attended their third straight Games, including marathon runner Beata Naigambo and Africa's top-seeded trap shooter Gaby Ahrens. Meanwhile, amateur light welterweight boxer Jonas Junias, the youngest of the team (aged 22), was chosen to be Namibia's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1] [4]

Namibia, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where sprinter Frankie Fredericks collected two silvers each in both the men's 100 and 200 metres.

Athletics (track and field)

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Namibian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[5] [6]

Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Mynhardt KawaniviMen's marathon2:20:4570
Alina Armasalign=left rowspan=3Women's marathon2:44:2075
Helalia Johannes2:39:5556
Beata Naigambo2:36:3241

Boxing

See main article: article, Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Namibia has entered two boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Mathias Hamunyela and Jonas Junias had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.[7]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mathias HamunyelaMen's light flyweight
W 3–0

L 0–3
Did not advance
Jonas JuniasMen's light welterweight
L 0–3
Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article, Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Namibia has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his individual ranking among the next two best ranked NOCs at the 2015 African Championships.[8] One female rider has been added to the Namibian squad to compete in the women's Olympic road race by finishing first at the 2016 African Championships.[9]

AthleteEventTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Dan CravenMen's road raceDid not finish
Men's time trial1:27:47.9335
Vera AdrianWomen's road raceDid not finish

Mountain biking

Namibia has qualified one mountain biker in the women's Olympic cross-country race by virtue of her top individual ranking at the 2015 African Championships.

Shooting

See main article: article, Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Namibia has qualified one shooter in the women's trap by securing one of the available Olympic berths at the 2015 Africa Continental Championships in Cairo, Egypt.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Junias officially named Namibia's Olympic flag bearer. 3 August 2016. The Namibian.
  2. News: Justin. Mhaka. 10 Namibian Athletes Qualify For Rio 2016. 12 July 2016. 26 September 2016. TransAfrica Radio.
  3. News: Craven first Namibian in action at Olympics. 5 August 2016. 26 September 2016. The Namibian.
  4. News: Junius is Namibia’s flag bearer at Rio Olympics. 26 September 2016. 4 August 2016. New Era. Namibia.
  5. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 18 April 2015.
  6. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards. IAAF. 18 April 2015.
  7. News: Weekend’s finalists confirmed as first boxers from African Olympic qualification event secure quota places for Rio. AIBA. 18 March 2016. 19 March 2016.
  8. News: UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas. Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. 20 January 2016.
  9. News: UCI announce women's road cycling quotas for Rio Olympics. Cyclingnews.com. 1 June 2016. 2 June 2016.
  10. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 30 May 2016. www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016.