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Namibia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.[1]

Namibia at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Namibia
CGF codeNAM
CGANamibian National Olympic Committee
in Gold Coast, Australia
4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors28 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Ananias Shikongo (opening)
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

The Namibian team consisted of 30 (20 men and 10 women) athletes competing in seven sports.[2]

Para track and field athlete Ananias Shikongo was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[3]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Jonas Jonas Boxing Men's −64 kg April 14
  Gold Helalia Johannes Athletics Women's marathon April 15

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 6 3 9
Boxing 3 0 3
Cycling 4 2 6
Gymnastics 1 0 1
Lawn bowls 4 4 8
Triathlon 1 0 1
Total 19 9 28

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ananias Shikongo
Guide: Even Tjiviju 		100 m T12 11.26 3 q 11.37 4
Hardus Maritz 400 m hurdles 50.41 5 did not advance
Uveni Kugongelwa Marathon — DNF
Namupala Reonard — DNF
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Roger Haitengi Triple jump 16.36 3 q 16.24 8
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Leena Ekandjo Marathon 2:50:59 12
Lavinia Haitope 2:40:54 7
Helalia Johannes 2:32:40  

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia participated with a team of 3 athletes (3 men)

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Mathias Hamunyela −49 kg —   Hassan (KEN)
L 2-3 		did not advance
Tryagain Ndevelo −60 kg BYE   Garside (AUS)
L 0-5 		did not advance
Jonas Jonas −64 kg   Williams (BAH)
W 5-0 		  Kondakov (SAM)
W RSC 		  Saparamadu (SRI)
W 5-0 		  McCormack (ENG)
W 3-2 		  Blumenfeld (CAN)
W 5-0 		 

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia participated with 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women).

Road

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Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Dirk Coetzee Road race 4:05:45 44
Dan Craven 3:59:35 40
Tristan De Lange 3:59:35 36
Martin Freyer DNF
Dirk Coetzee Time trial 53:16.85 19
Martin Freyer 58:12.22 37
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Vera Adrian Road race 3:03:32 15
Time trial 42:26.14 16
Michelle Vorster Road race 3:03:32 21

Mountain bike

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Tristan De Lange Men's cross-country 1:26:59 12
Michelle Vorster Women's cross-country 1:23:37 8

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Artistic

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Namibia participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Men
Individual Qualification
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Robert Honiball Qualification — 7.900 — 9.850 DNS —

Lawn bowls

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Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia will compete in Lawn bowls.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Douw Calitz
Willem Esterhuizen
Carel Olivier 		Triples   Niue
W 25 - 10 		  Canada
W 16 - 11 		  Singapore
L 15 - 20 		  New Zealand
L 8 - 28 		3 did not advance
Douw Calitz
Willem Esterhuizen
Carel Olivier
Graham Snyman 		Fours   Northern Ireland
L 11 - 17 		  Niue
W 16 - 13 		  Fiji
L 11 - 14 		  Malaysia
L 11 - 14 		4 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sheena Du Toit
Johanna van den Bergh
Lesley Vermeulen 		Triples   New Zealand
L 15 - 22 		  Jersey
L 12 - 15 		  Wales
L 14 - 15 		  Zambia
W 19 - 9 		4 did not advance
Sheena Du Toit
Johanna van den Bergh
Lesley Vermeulen
Anjuleen Viljoen 		Fours   Malaysia
L 13 - 17 		  Papua New Guinea
D 12 - 12 		  Australia
L 9 - 23 		  Cook Islands
L 7 - 20 		5 did not advance

Triathlon

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Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750 m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Rank
Jean-Paul Burger Men's 9:19 0:36 28:35 0:25 16:23 55:18 15

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Entries, Namibia". Gold Coast 2018 (official site). Gold Coast, Australia. 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ Haden, Alexis (4 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games 2018: Ananias Shikongo will make you want to be a better person". The South African. Cape Town, South Africa. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). gc2018.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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