Namibia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation
Namibia at the
2010 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeNAM
CGANamibian National Olympic Committee
in Delhi, India
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Namibia competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.[1] Namibia sent 28 athletes (19 male and 9 female) and 11 officials to the Games, which was fewer than it had in 2006.[2] Namibian athletes competed in athletics, archery, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, bowls, shooting, and paralympics.[3] It however won more medals then in 2006.

Medals

   Gold       Silver       Bronze    Total
Namibia 0 1 2 3

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Japhet Uutoni Boxing Light flyweight
 Bronze Johanna Benson Athletics Women's 100 metres (T37)
 Bronze Gaby Ahrens Shooting Women's Trap (Singles)

Archery

  • Benjamin Van Wyk
  • Johannes Grobler
  • Dirk Bockmuhl[3]

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Gymnastics

  • Kimberly-Ann Van Zyl
  • Robert Honnibal[3]

Lawn Bowls

  • Charlotte Morland
  • Diana Viljoen
  • Lesley Vermeulen
  • Theuna Grobler
  • Beatrix Lamprecht
  • Willem Esterhuizen (Senior)
  • Willem Esterhuizen (Junior)
  • Jean Viljoen
  • Graham Snyman
  • Steven Peake[3]

Shooting

Paralympics

  • Johanna Benson
  • Ruben Soroseb[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Official list of participating nation Archived 2010-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "allAfrica.com: Namibia: NNOC Blames Poor Athletes On Inept Administrators". Archived from the original on 3 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Namibia: Athletes for Commonwealth Games Get Financial Boost." The Namibian 14 Sept. 2010. AllAfrica.com. All Africa, 14 Sept. 2010. Web. 26 Sept. 2010. <http://allafrica.com/stories/201009140692.html>.

External links

  • Times of india