Namibia at the 2019 African Games

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.^[a] 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.

Namibia at the 2019 African Games
Flag of Namibia
IOC code	NAM
NOC	Namibian National Olympic Committee
in Rabat, Morocco 19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors	68 (47 men and 21 women) in 13 sports
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 8
African Games appearances (overview)
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Medal summary

Medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Tristan De Lange Cycling Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Olympic 21 August  Gold Tristan De Lange Cycling Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Marathon 23 August  Silver Alexander Miller Cycling Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Olympic 21 August  Silver Quinn Reddig Adriaan Grobler Archery Mixed team 30 August  Bronze Alexander Miller Cycling Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Marathon 23 August  Bronze Vera Adrian Cycling Women's Time trial 26 August  Bronze Vera Adrian Cycling Women's Road race 28 August  Bronze Jonas Junias Jonas Boxing Men's 63 kg 28 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Archery 0 1 0 1 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Cycling 2 1 3 6 Total 2 2 4 8 Medals by date Day Date Total 6 21 August 1 1 0 2 8 23 August 1 0 1 2 11 26 August 0 0 1 1 13 28 August 0 0 2 2 15 30 August 0 1 0 1 Total 2 2 4 8 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 2 1 2 3 Female 0 0 2 2 Mixed 0 1 0 1 Total 2 2 4 8

Archery

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.^[2][3]

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games

Namibia competed in athletics.^[1][4]

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

Main article: Boxing at the 2019 African Games

Namibia selected eleven boxers to represent the country at the 2019 African Games:^[5] 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.^[6][7]

Key:

• KO – Knockout.
• RSC – Referee stops contest (unspecified).
• RSCO – Referee stops contest for an outclassed opponent.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nestor Thomas	−52 kg	R Mahommed (BOT) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tryagain Ndevelo	−57 kg	Bye	K Hounkpatin (TOG) W 5–0	E Mulenga (ZAM) L 0–5	Did not advance
Jonas Jonas	−63 kg	R Abdelkawi (EGY) W 5–0	A Sylla (GUI) W 5–0	AW Omar (GHA) W 4–1	A Nadir (MAR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Martin Kambalili	−69 kg	M Keralah (ETH) L 0–5	Did not advance
Andreas Shikongo	−75 kg	S Kamara (SLE) W 5–0	T Allali (MAR) L 0–5	Did not advance
Immanuel Shaanika	−81 kg	—	JC Otendy (MRI) L – RSC on round 2	Did not advance
Oiva Waitele	−91 kg	—	Bye	Y Baalla (MAR) L – KO on round 1	Did not advance
Naftali Sheyapo	+91 kg	—	Bye	S Adebayo (NGR) L 0–5	Did not advance

Chess

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

Main article: Cycling at the 2019 African Games

Namibia competed in road cycling and mountain bike cycling.^[1][8][9]

Fencing

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

Main article: Karate at the 2019 African Games

Namibia competed in karate.^[1][10]

Shooting

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.^[11]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Two athletes represented Namibia in swimming.^[1][12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Xander Skinner	50 m freestyle	23.19	7 Q	23.09	5
	100 m freestyle	50.86	4 Q	50.53	5
	200 m freestyle	1:54.41	8 Q	1:55.10	8
	50 m butterfly	26.10	18	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	59.28	9	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	59.09	21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kiah Borg	50 m freestyle	28.15	15	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	30.58	15	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2019 African Games

Namibia entered four tennis players into the African Games, three men and one woman.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jean Erasmus	Men's singles	L Andriamasilalao (MAD) L 1–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Gideon Van Dyk	Men's singles	B Kargbo (SLE) L 2–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Codie Van Schalkwyk	Men's singles	K-M Maamoun (EGY) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Jean Erasmus Gideon Van Dyk	Men's doubles	—	S Emmanuel / J Ubong (NGR) L 6–7(1–7), 0–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Liniques Theron	Women's singles	B Matsiwe (ZIM) W 6–1, 6–1	L Salama (EGY) L 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

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][13]

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2019 African Games

Two athletes represented Namibia in wrestling.^{[1][14][15][16]}

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kevin Vleermuis	−57 kg	Bye	E Welson (NGR) L 0–10 ST	Did not advance	Bye	C Ansari (MAR) L 0–10 ST	5

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group stages		Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Rank
Romio Goliath	−60 kg	Group A  J Ibanda (COD): L 0–9 ST  I Robinson (NGR): L 8–17 SP  A Laouni (ALG): L 0–9 ST	4	Did not advance	6

See also

• Namibia at the African Games

Notes

1. The sports mountain biking and road cycling are listed together under "Cycling".