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Born | 11 March 1980 |
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
Beata Nandjala Naigambo (born 11 March 1980 in Windhoek, Khomas Region) is a Namibian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. Her personal best time is 2:27:28, set at the Hamburg Marathon in April 2015.[1]
She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics,[2] where she finished 28th out of 81 total participants in the Women's marathon.[3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 38th out of 107 finishers with a time of 2:31:16.[4]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 9th | Marathon | 2:47:22 |
2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | – | Marathon | DNF |
2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 10th | Half marathon | 1:21:09 |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 28th | Marathon | 2:33:29 |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 24th | Marathon | 2:33:05 |
Eindhoven Marathon | Eindhoven, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:31:01 | |
2010 | Commonwealth Games | New Delhi, India | 4th | Marathon | 2:36:43 |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 38th | Marathon | 2:31:16 |
2014 | Glasgow Marathon | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 11th | Marathon | 2:39:23 |
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | Marathon | DNF | |
Hamburg Marathon | Hamburg, Germany | 3 rd | Marathon | 2:27:28 |
References
[edit]- ^ "International Association of Athletics Federations". Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Runner Naigambo struck by flu Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. The Namibian, 16 July 2008
- ^ Beata Naigambo at sports-reference.com
- ^ "Women's Marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics". www.olympics.org. IOC. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
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