Kabange Mupopo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kabange Mupopo | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Zambia | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Green Buffaloes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Green Buffaloes | |||
| National team | |||
| 2014– | Zambia | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Athletics | ||
Representing  Zambia
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| African Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2014 Marrakech | 400 metres |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2016 Durban | 400 metres |
| All-Africa Games | ||
| | 2015 Brazzaville | 400 metres |
Kabange Mupopo (born 21 September 1992) is a Zambian sprinter and football player, won Gold in African games September 2015
Biography
Mupopo started playing association football as an 11-year-old, inspired by her brother.[2] She played for Green Buffaloes F.C. and the Zambia women's national football team; as team captain, she led Zambia to the 2014 African Women's Championship tournament, where they were eliminated in the group stage.[2][3]
Mupopo picked up athletics in the spring of 2014, running 53.44 for 400 metres in her first official meeting.[2][4] She represented Zambia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she ran 53.09 and was eliminated in the semi-finals.[2][5] In August, she took silver in 51.21 at the African Championships in Marrakech, breaking the Zambian record; she lost the gold to Nigeria's Folashade Abugan, who ran the same time, in a photo-finish.[6] Mupopo qualified to represent Africa at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, also in Marrakech, where she placed fourth and improved her national record to 50.87.[2][5] Mupopo received an 18-month athletics scholarship from the Zambian Olympic Committee in 2015, leading her to concentrate on athletics and not football.[7][8]
Mupopo debuted in the IAAF Diamond League in Doha in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.[9] In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.[5] She was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.[10]
References
- ↑ Rio 2016 bio
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Mupopo: Football is my passion, I enjoy athletics too". Confederation of African Football. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ Zulu, Cecilia (16 October 2014). "She-polopolo cry". Zambia Daily Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ Kunda, Robinson (19 September 2014). "Mupopo qualifies for Diamond League". Zambia Daily Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 Tilastopaja profile for Kabange Mupopo
- ↑ Mulkeen, Jon (12 August 2014). "Redemption for Makwala at African Championships". International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "Zambia: Kabange Gives Tips to Shepolopolo". Times of Zambia. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "Shepolopolo captain Kabange gets NOC scholarship". Times of Zambia. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "Mupopo in shock defeat". Zambia Daily Nation. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Beijing Provisional Entry List" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
External links
- Kabange Mupopo profile at IAAF
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