Tjipekapora Herunga

Tjipekapora Herunga

Personal information
Born	(1988-01-01) 1 January 1988 Ehangono, South-West Africa[1]
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres
Club	Welwitschia 77 Athletics Club
Medal record Representing  Namibia All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo 200 m 2011 Maputo 400 m 2015 Brazzaville 400 m

Tjipekapora Herunga (born 1 January 1988 in Ehangono) is a Namibian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.^[2] She represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships.

She is her country's national record holder in the 400 metres both outdoors and indoors.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Namibia
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	35th (h)	800 m	2:19.93
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	7th	400 m	53.13
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	11th (sf)	400 m	54.00
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	19th (h)	400 m	55.40
	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	22nd (h)	400 m	57.03
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	29th (h)	400 m	54.08
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	3rd	200 m	23.50
			3rd	400 m	51.84
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	6th	200 m	23.92
			–	400 m	DQ
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	20th (sf)	400 m	52.53
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	19th (h)	400 m	52.28
2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	16th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:41.47
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	10th (h)	200 m	23.81
			3rd	400 m	51.55
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	–	400 m	DQ

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 23.40 (+0.4 m/s, Pretoria 2012)
• 400 metres – 51.24 (Pretoria 2012) NR
• 800 metres – 2:16.52 (Windhoek 2005)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 55.40 (Doha 2010) NR

References