Tjipekapora Herunga
Personal information
Born (1988-01-01) 1 January 1988
Ehangono, South-West Africa[1]
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres
ClubWelwitschia 77 Athletics Club
Medal record
Representing  Namibia
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place2011 Maputo200 m
Bronze medal – third place2011 Maputo400 m
Bronze medal – third place2015 Brazzaville400 m

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Namibia
2005 World Youth Championships Marrakech, 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

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. ↑ Sports Reference profile
  2. ↑ Tjipekapora Herunga at World Athletics
  3. ↑ "2007 All-Africa Games, July 18-22, Algiers". Africathle. Retrieved 2 May 2020.


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