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Namibia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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| NOCname = Namibian National Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2016

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| location = Rio de Janeiro

| competitors = 10

| sports = 4

| flagbearer = Jonas Junias{{cite news|title=Junias officially named Namibia's Olympic flag bearer|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/Junias-officially-named-Namibias-Olympic-flag-bearer/43803/read|access-date=3 August 2016|publisher=The Namibian}}

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Namibia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Namibian National Olympic Committee sent a team of 10 athletes, 4 men and 6 women, to compete in track and field, boxing, road cycling, mountain biking, and shooting at the Olympics, matching the nation's roster size with Beijing 2008.{{cite news|first=Justin|last=Mhaka|title=10 Namibian Athletes Qualify For Rio 2016|url=http://www.transafricaradio.net/index.php/2016/07/12/10-namibian-athletes-qualify-for-rio-2016/|date=12 July 2016|access-date=26 September 2016|publisher=TransAfrica Radio}}{{cite news|title=Craven first Namibian in action at Olympics|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/Craven-first-Namibian-in-action-at-Olympics/43925/read|date=5 August 2016|access-date=26 September 2016|publisher=The Namibian}} The Namibian roster featured four returning Olympians; two of them attended their third straight Games, including marathon runner Beata Naigambo and Africa's top-seeded trap shooter Gaby Ahrens. Meanwhile, amateur light welterweight boxer Jonas Junias, the youngest of the team (aged 22), was chosen to be Namibia's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.{{cite news|title=Junius is Namibia’s flag bearer at Rio Olympics|url=https://www.newera.com.na/2016/08/04/junius-namibias-flag-bearer-rio-olympics/|access-date=26 September 2016|date=4 August 2016|publisher=New Era|location=Namibia}}

Namibia, however, failed to win a single Olympic medal since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where sprinter Frankie Fredericks collected two silvers each in both the men's 100 and 200 metres.

Athletics (track and field)

{{main article|Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Namibian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):{{cite web|title=iaaf.org – Top Lists|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html|publisher=IAAF|access-date=18 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/media/file/559/IAAF%20Rio%202016%20standards.pdf|publisher=IAAF|access-date=18 April 2015}}

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;Key

  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round}}

;Track & road events

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Mynhardt Kawanivi

|align=left|Men's marathon

|2:20:45

|70

align=center

|align=left|Alina Armas

|align=left rowspan=3|Women's marathon

|2:44:20

|75

align=center

|align=left|Helalia Johannes

|2:39:55

|56

align=center

|align=left|Beata Naigambo

|2:36:32

|41

Boxing

{{main article|Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Namibia has entered two boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Mathias Hamunyela and Jonas Junias had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 African Qualification Tournament in Yaoundé, Cameroon.{{cite news|title=Weekend’s finalists confirmed as first boxers from African Olympic qualification event secure quota places for Rio|url=http://www.aiba.org/blog/weekends-finalists-confirmed-as-first-boxers-from-african-olympic-qualification-event-secure-quota-places-for-rio/|publisher=AIBA|date=18 March 2016|access-date=19 March 2016}}

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rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

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!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Mathias Hamunyela

|align=left|Men's light flyweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Huseynov|AZE|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zhakypov|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
L 0–3

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Jonas Junias

|align=left|Men's light welterweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Amzile|FRA|2016 Summer}}
L 0–3

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Cycling

{{main article|Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

=Road=

Namibia has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his individual ranking among the next two best ranked NOCs at the 2015 African Championships.{{cite news|title=UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-announces-mens-road-olympic-quotas/|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|date=18 January 2016|access-date=20 January 2016}} One female rider has been added to the Namibian squad to compete in the women's Olympic road race by finishing first at the 2016 African Championships.{{cite news|title=UCI announce women's road cycling quotas for Rio Olympics|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-announce-womens-road-cycling-quotas-for-rio-olympics/|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|date=1 June 2016|access-date=2 June 2016}}

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Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Dan Craven

|align=left|Men's road race

|colspan=2|Did not finish

align=center

|align=left|Men's time trial

|1:27:47.93

|35

align=center

|align=left|Vera Adrian

|align=left|Women's road race

|colspan=2|Did not finish

=Mountain biking=

Namibia has qualified one mountain biker in the women's Olympic cross-country race by virtue of her top individual ranking at the 2015 African Championships.

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Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Michelle Vorster

|align=left|Women's cross-country

|{{abbr|LAP|Lapped}} (2 laps)

|26

Shooting

{{main article|Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Namibia has qualified one shooter in the women's trap by securing one of the available Olympic berths at the 2015 Africa Continental Championships in Cairo, Egypt.{{cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places_by_nation_and_number.ashx|title=Quota Places by Nation and Number|date=30 May 2016|website=www.issf-sports.org/|publisher=ISSF|access-date=30 May 2016}}

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

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!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Gaby Ahrens

|align=left|Women's trap

|66

|9

|colspan=4|Did not advance

See also

References

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External links

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