Tjipekapora Herunga
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1988 |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 metres |
| Club | Welwitschia 77 Athletics Club |
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Tjipekapora Herunga (born 1 January 1988 in Ehangono) is a Namibian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.[2] 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.[3]
Competition record
[edit | edit source]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | |||||
| 2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakesh, 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 | |||
Personal bests
[edit | edit source]Outdoor
- 200 metres – 23.40 (+0.4 m/s, Pretoria 2012)
- 400 metres – 51.24 (Pretoria 2012) NR
- 800 metres – 2:16.52 (Windhoek 2005)
Indoor
- 400 metres – 55.40 (Doha 2010) NR
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Sports Reference profile
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Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Namibian women sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- Olympic athletes for Namibia
- Sportspeople from Oshana Region
- African Games bronze medalists for Namibia
- Olympic women sprinters
- African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Southern African sport of athletics biography stubs
- Namibian sportspeople stubs