Beata Naigambo
Beata Naigambo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
nation | Namibia | |||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | March 11, 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Oilagati , South West Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||
size | 160 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | 2:26:57 hours | |||||||||||||||||||||
Trainer | Tobias Hezekiah | |||||||||||||||||||||
National squad | since ? | |||||||||||||||||||||
status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: August 12, 2016 |
Beata Nandjala Naigambo (born March 11, 1980 in Oilagati , South West Africa ) is a Namibian marathon runner .
The 1.60 meter tall athlete is mother of a daughter and is trained by Tobias Hiskia .
Third in the Pyongyang Marathon in 2008, she set a national record with 2:33:17 hours and qualified for the Olympic Games in Beijing , where she came in 28th in 2:33:29 hours. At the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, she finished 24th in 2:33:05 hours. Two months later she won the Eindhoven Marathon and took back the national record of Helalia Johannes with a time of 2:31:01 hours . At the Hamburg Marathon 2015 she reached 3rd place in a time of 2:33:00 hours.
Naigambo was part of the Namibian team for the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics . She finished in London 2012 in the Olympic final with a achieved time of 2: 31.12 hours, 38th place on the marathon route.
In 2014 and 2015 she won the Valencia Marathon .
Naigambo also tried the 1000, 3000, 10,000 meters as well as the half marathon and over 30 kilometers.
Web links
- Beata Naigambo in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr
- Beata Naigambo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile on www.london2012.com , accessed August 12, 2012
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SURNAME | Naigambo, Beata |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Naigambo, Beata Nandjala (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Namibian marathon runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oilagati , South West Africa |