Namibia at the 2019 African Games explained

Noc:NAM
Country:Namibia
Year:2019
Games:African Games
Games Link:2019 African Games
Flagcaption:Flag of Namibia
Nocname:Namibian National Olympic Committee
Location:Rabat, Morocco
Competitors:68
Competitors Men:47
Competitors Women:21
Sports:13
Rank:16
Gold:2
Silver:2
Bronze:4

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.[2] 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.

Medal summary

Medal table

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MedalNameSportEventDate
Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Olympic
Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Marathon
Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Olympic

Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Marathon
Women's Time trial
Women's Road race
Men's 63 kg
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Medals by sport
SportTotal
Archery0101
Boxing0011
Cycling2136
Total2248
Medals by date
DayDateTotal
621 August1102
823 August1012
1126 August0011
1328 August0022
1530 August0101
Total2248
Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male2123
Female0022
Mixed0101
Total 2 2 4 8

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2019 African Games.

Adriaan Paul Grobler and Quinn Reddig competed in archery and they won the silver medal in the mixed team event.[3] [4]

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

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games.

Namibia competed in athletics.[1] [5]

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

See main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games.

Namibia selected eleven boxers to represent the country at the 2019 African Games:[6] 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.[7] [8]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Nestor Thomas−52 kg
L 1–4
Did not advance
Tryagain Ndevelo−57 kg
W 5–0

L 0–5
Did not advance
Jonas Jonas−63 kg
W 5–0

W 5–0

W 4–1

L 2–3
Did not advance
Martin Kambalili−69 kg
L 0–5
Did not advance
Andreas Shikongo−75 kg
W 5–0

L 0–5
Did not advance
Immanuel Shaanika−81 kg
L – RSC on round 2
Did not advance
Oiva Waitele−91 kg
L – KO on round 1
Did not advance
Naftali Sheyapo+91 kg
L 0–5
Did not advance

Chess

See main article: Chess at the 2019 African Games.

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

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2019 African Games.

Namibia competed in road cycling and mountain bike cycling.[1] [9] [10]

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2019 African Games.

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

See main article: Karate at the 2019 African Games.

Namibia competed in karate.[1] [11]

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2019 African Games.

Namibia competed in shooting.[1] Ian Kriel, Hendrik Roos and Frans Venter competed in the men's trap event.[12]

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games.

Two athletes represented Namibia in swimming.[1] [13]

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=6Xander Skinner50 m freestyle23.197 Q23.095
100 m freestyle50.864 Q50.535
200 m freestyle1:54.418 Q1:55.108
50 m butterfly26.1018Did not advance
100 m backstroke59.289Did not advance
100 m butterfly59.0921Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Kiah Borg50 m freestyle28.1515Did not advance
50 m butterfly30.5815Did 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 /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jean ErasmusMen's singles
L 1–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Gideon Van DykMen's singles
L 2–6, 5–7
Did not advance
Codie Van SchalkwykMen's singles
L 0–6, 0–6
Did not advance
Jean Erasmus
Gideon Van Dyk
Men's doubles
L 6–7(1–7), 0–6
Did not advance
Women

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 2019 African Games.

Kristin Schulz and Kim Seebach represented Namibia in beach volleyball in the women's tournament and they reached the quarterfinals.[1] [14]

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2019 African Games.

Two athletes represented Namibia in wrestling.[1] [15] [16] [17]

Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Africa Games sendoff poorly attended. 12 August 2019. Namibian. 12 August 2019. 12 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190812192033/https://www.namibian.com.na/81889/read/Africa-Games-sendoff-poorly-attended.
  2. The sports mountain biking and road cycling are listed together under "Cycling".
  3. Web site: Archery - Namibia - Profile. 2019 African Games Results. 5 September 2019. 5 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190905222935/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zb/engzb_archery-athlete-profile-nar887-namibia.htm.
  4. Web site: Archery Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190901192010/https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2019/6063/BOOK.pdf. 1 September 2019. 20 August 2020. 2019 African Games.
  5. Web site: 2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book . 7 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901063534/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf . 1 September 2019 . dead .
  6. Web site: Namibia: Boxing Federation Out to Maintain African Games Record. 31 July 2019. All Africa. 31 July 2019. 31 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731210510/https://allafrica.com/stories/201907310646.html.
  7. Web site: Jonas Junias Jonas - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 2 October 2019. 2 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191002174731/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/zb/engzb_boxing-athlete-profile-n1007707-jonas-jonas-junias.htm.
  8. Web site: Boxing Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190831053129/http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AllAfricaGames2019.pdf. 31 August 2019. 20 August 2020. 2019 African Games.
  9. Web site: Mountain Bike Cycling Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190926125503/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/CM/JA2019_CM_C99_CM0000000.pdf. 26 September 2019. 5 April 2021. 2019 African Games.
  10. Web site: Road Cycling Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190926124336/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/CR/JA2019_CR_C99_CR0000000.pdf. 26 September 2019. 5 April 2021. 2019 African Games.
  11. Web site: Karate Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200802214403/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/306/ResultBook_306_20190826_201158-min.pdf. 2 August 2020. 2 August 2020. sportdata.org.
  12. Web site: NOC Entries by Event - Shooting - Namibia. 2019 African Games. 28 September 2019. 28 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190928201652/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/ze/engze_shooting-sport-and-noc-entries-by-event-namibia.htm.
  13. Web site: Swimming Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727164719/http://www.frmnatation.com/sites/default/files/RESULTAT%20AFRICAIN%20GAME%20GLOBALE.pdf. 27 July 2020. 27 July 2020. 2019 African Games.
  14. Web site: Beach volleyball - Women's tournament. 2019 African Games. 28 September 2019. 28 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190928201407/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/bv/engbv_beach-volley-summary-women-s.htm.
  15. Web site: Kevin Vleermuis - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 30 September 2019. 30 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190930121427/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/zb/engzb_wrestling-athlete-profile-n1007775-vleermuis-kevin.htm.
  16. Web site: Romio Goliath - Athlete Profile. 2019 African Games. 30 September 2019. 30 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190930121523/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/eng/zb/engzb_wrestling-athlete-profile-n1007776-goliath-romio.htm.
  17. Web site: 2019 African Games Wrestling Results Book. United World Wrestling. dead. 24 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200707163602/https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/results_08_eljadida.pdf. 7 July 2020.