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. This later grew to 68 athletes in 13 sports.The sports mountain biking and road cycling are listed together under "Cycling". 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.

Medal summary Medal table

| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Cycling Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Olympic Cycling Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Marathon Cycling Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Olympic Archery Mixed team Cycling Men's Mountain bike Cross-country Marathon Cycling Women's Time trial Cycling Women's Road race Boxing Men's 63 kg | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"| Medals by sportSport TotalArchery0101Boxing0011Cycling2136Total2248

Medals by dateDayDate Total621 August1102823 August10121126 August00111328 August00221530 August0101Total2248

Medals by genderGender TotalMale2123Female0022Mixed0101Total 2 2 4 8

Archery

Adriaan Paul Grobler and Quinn Reddig competed in archery and they won the silver medal in the mixed team event.

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

Athletics

Namibia competed in athletics.

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

Namibia selected eleven boxers to represent the country at the 2019 African Games: 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.

Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultNestor Thomas−52 kgL 1–4Did not advanceTryagain Ndevelo−57 kgW 5–0L 0–5Did not advanceJonas Jonas−63 kgW 5–0W 5–0W 4–1L 2–3Did not advanceMartin Kambalili−69 kgL 0–5Did not advanceAndreas Shikongo−75 kgW 5–0L 0–5Did not advanceImmanuel Shaanika−81 kgL – RSC on round 2Did not advanceOiva Waitele−91 kgL – KO on round 1Did not advanceNaftali Sheyapo+91 kgL 0–5Did not advance

Chess

Four chess players represented Namibia in chess: Dante Beukes, Charles Eichab, Lishen Mentile and Nicola Veweza Tjaronda.

Cycling

Namibia competed in road cycling and mountain bike cycling.

Fencing

Namibia competed in fencing. Johan Pieterse, Jens Pinsenschaum and Connor Strydom competed in the men's Individual Épée event and the Team Épée event.

Karate

Namibia competed in karate.

Shooting

Namibia competed in shooting. Ian Kriel, Hendrik Roos and Frans Venter competed in the men's trap event.

Swimming

Two athletes represented Namibia in swimming.

Men AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankXander Skinner50 m freestyle23.197 Q23.095100 m freestyle50.864 Q50.535200 m freestyle1:54.418 Q1:55.10850 m butterfly26.1018Did not advance100 m backstroke59.289Did not advance100 m butterfly59.0921Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankKiah Borg50 m freestyle28.1515Did not advance50 m butterfly30.5815Did not advance

Tennis

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

Men

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJean ErasmusMen's singlesL 1–6, 3–6Did not advanceGideon Van DykMen's singlesL 2–6, 5–7Did not advanceCodie Van SchalkwykMen's singlesL 0–6, 0–6Did not advanceJean ErasmusGideon Van DykMen's doublesL 6–7(1–7), 0–6Did not advance

Women

Volleyball

Kristin Schulz and Kim Seebach represented Namibia in beach volleyball in the women's tournament and they reached the quarterfinals.

Wrestling

Two athletes represented Namibia in wrestling.

Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKevin Vleermuis−57 kgL 0–10 STDid not advanceL 0–10 ST5

Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventGroup stagesFinal / OppositionScoreStandingOppositionScoreRankRomio Goliath−60 kgGroup A: L 0–9 ST: L 8–17 SP: L 0–9 ST4Did not advance6

Namibia at the 2019 African Games

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