Namibia at the 2003 All-Africa Games

Namibia competed in the 2003 All-Africa Games held at the National Stadium in the city of Abuja. It was the fourth time that the country had sent a team to the Games since gaining independence and the team left with seven medals. Amongst the medal winners was Frank Fredericks, who gained silver in the men's 200 metres.

Namibia at the 2003 All-Africa Games
IOC code	NAM
NOC	Namibian National Olympic Committee
in Abuja 5 October 2003 (2003-10-05) – 17 October 2003 (2003-10-17)
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 7
All-Africa Games appearances
1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Competitors

Namibia sent a substantial team to the Games and entered thirty six sports, of which fourteen were for men and twenty two for women.^[1] Amongst the competitors was Frank Fredericks who was given treatment usually limited to superstars. Contemporary media quoted him saying that he was in Abuja "to win and to have fun."^[2] He finished the competition with a silver medal.^[3]

Medal summary

Namibia won seven medals in total and came 22nd in the medal table.^[4] The team won no gold medals and the total was nearly half the total of the country’s debut at the 1991 Games and more than double the number at the following 2007 Games.^[5]

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Boxing	0	1	1	2
Cycling	0	1	0	1
Gymnastics	0	0	2	2
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	0	3	4	7

List of Medalists

Silver Medal

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date	Ref
Silver	Frankie Fredericks	Athletics	Men's 200m	14 October	[3]
Silver	Paulus Ambunda	Boxing	Men's Flyweight 51 kg	11 October	[6]
Silver	Erik Hoffmann	Cycling	Men´s Time Trial	14 October	[7]

Bronze Medal

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date	Ref
Bronze	Joseph Jermia	Boxing	Men's Light Flyweight 48 kg	9 October	[6]
Bronze	Kimberly-Ann van Zyl Lorraine Moore Romona Beukes Geraldine Stuurman Alexa Jacobs	Gymnastics	Women’s Team	6 October	[8]
Bronze	Nico Jacobs	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle 96 kg	9 October	[9]

See also

• Namibia at the African Games