Kabange Mupopo

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Kabange Mupopo
Personal information
Full name Kabange Mupopo
Date of birth (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Green Buffaloes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Green Buffaloes
International career
2012– Zambia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Kabange Mupopo
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Zambia
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Marrakech 400 metres
Gold medal – first place 2016 Durban 400 metres
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 400 metres

Kabange Mupopo (born 21 September 1992) is a Zambian sprinter and football player, who won a gold in the 400m at the 2015 All-Africa Games.

Biography[edit]

Mupopo started playing association football as an 11-year-old, inspired by her brother.[3] 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.[3][4]

Mupopo picked up athletics in the spring of 2014, running 53.44 for 400 metres in her first official meeting.[3][5] She represented Zambia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she ran 53.09 and was eliminated in the semi-finals.[3][6] 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.[7] 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.[3][6] Mupopo received an 18-month athletics scholarship from the Zambian Olympic Committee in 2015, leading her to concentrate on athletics and not football.[8][9]

Mupopo debuted in the IAAF Diamond League in Doha in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.[10] In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.[6] She was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eurosport profile
  2. ^ Rio 2016 bio Archived 25 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c d e "Mupopo: Football is my passion, I enjoy athletics too". Confederation of African Football. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ^ Zulu, Cecilia (16 October 2014). "She-polopolo cry". Zambia Daily Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. ^ Kunda, Robinson (19 September 2014). "Mupopo qualifies for Diamond League". Zambia Daily Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b c Kabange Mupopo at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  7. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (12 August 2014). "Redemption for Makwala at African Championships". International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Zambia: Kabange Gives Tips to Shepolopolo". Times of Zambia. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Shepolopolo captain Kabange gets NOC scholarship". Times of Zambia. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Mupopo in shock defeat". Zambia Daily Nation. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  11. ^ "2015 Beijing Provisional Entry List". IAAF. Retrieved 16 August 2015.

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