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. 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

MedalNameSportEventDate
CyclingMen's Mountain bike Cross-country Olympic
CyclingMen's Mountain bike Cross-country Marathon
CyclingMen's Mountain bike Cross-country Olympic

ArcheryMixed team
CyclingMen's Mountain bike Cross-country Marathon
CyclingWomen's Time trial
CyclingWomen's Road race
BoxingMen's 63 kg

Archery

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:
Jonas Junias Jonas won the bronze medal in the men's super lightweight event.

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
;Women

Tennis

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

Volleyball

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
;Men's Greco-Roman