| Tjipekapora Herunga | |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Ehangono, South-West Africa[1] |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 400 metres |
| Club: | Welwitschia 77 Athletics Club |
Tjipekapora Herunga (born 1 January 1988 in Ehangono) is a Namibian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships.
She is her country's national record holder in the 400 metres both outdoors and indoors. She broke the record while representing Namibia at the 2007 All-Africa Games.[2]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 35th (h) | 800 m | 2:19.93 |
| 2007 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 7th | 400 m | 53.13 |
| 2008 | African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 11th (sf) | 400 m | 54.00 |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 19th (h) | 400 m | 55.40 |
| African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 22nd (h) | 400 m | 57.03 | |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 29th (h) | 400 m | 54.08 |
| All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 3rd | 200 m | 23.50 | |
| 3rd | 400 m | 51.84 | |||
| 2012 | African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 6th | 200 m | 23.92 |
| – | 400 m | DQ | |||
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 20th (sf) | 400 m | 52.53 | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 19th (h) | 400 m | 52.28 |
| 2015 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 16th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:41.47 |
| African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 10th (h) | 200 m | 23.81 | |
| 3rd | 400 m | 51.55 | |||
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | – | 400 m | DQ |
| 2018 | African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 21st (h) | 400 m | 55.90 |
| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 19th (sf) | 200 m | 24.49 |
| 9th (sf) | 400 m | 53.49 | |||
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.55 | |||
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Indoor