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.
Competition record Representing 2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco35th (h)800 m2:19.932007All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria7th400 m53.132008African ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia11th (sf)400 m54.002010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar19th (h)400 m55.40African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya22nd (h)400 m57.032011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea29th (h)400 m54.08All-Africa GamesMaputo, Mozambique3rd200 m23.503rd400 m51.842012African ChampionshipsPorto-Novo, Benin6th200 m23.92 –400 mDQOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom20th (sf)400 m52.532013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia19th (h)400 m52.282015IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas16th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:41.47African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo10th (h)200 m23.813rd400 m51.552016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States –400 mDQ2018African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria21st (h)400 m55.902019African GamesRabat, Morocco19th (sf)200 m24.499th (sf)400 m53.494th4 × 100 m relay45.55
Personal bests 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
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