Josephine Lalam

Josephine Lalam
Full name	Josephine Joyce Lalam
nation	Uganda
birthday	12th November 2000 (age 19)
place of birth	Admunu-Agago , Uganda
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	53.39 m
status	active
Medal table
African Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U20 African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
African Championships bronze Asaba 2018 51.33 m Junior African Championships gold Abidjan 2019 49.78 m
last change: January 12, 2020

Josephine Joyce Lalam (born November 12, 2000 in Admunu-Agago ) is a Ugandan javelin thrower .

Athletic career

Josephine Lalam gained her first international experience at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2017 in Nassau , where she won the gold medal with a width of 51.89 m with the lighter spear. The following year she first took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast and was eighth there with 48.92 m. In August she won the bronze medal behind the Nigerian Kelechi Nwanaga and Jo-Ane van Dyk from South Africa at the African Championships in Asaba with a throw of 51.33 m . In 2019 she won the Junior African Championships in Abidjan with 49.78 m and was fourth at the African Games in Rabat with 53.39 m.

In 2019 Lalam became Ugandan champion in javelin and discus throwing.

Personal best

• Javelin throw: 53.39 m, August 28, 2019 in Rabat ( Ugandan record )
• Discus throw: 41.96 m, July 26, 2019 in Kampala

Web links

• Josephine Lalam in the database of World Athletics (English)