Beata Naigambo

Beata Naigambo
Naigambo at the Rio 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameBeata Nandjala Naigambo
Born (1980-03-11) 11 March 1980
Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country Namibia
SportAthletics
EventMarathon

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

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Namibia
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

  1. ^ "Beata Naigambo". International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Runner Naigambo struck by flu". The Namibian. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Marathon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Women's Marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Olympics.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 August 2013.


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