Olympic Summer Games 2000 / Participant (Namibia)

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Namibia took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with elevenathletes in six sports appointedby the Namibian National Olympic Committee .

It was the third time the African state had taken part in the Summer Olympics since 1992 .

Flag bearer

Boxer Ali Nuumbembe carried the flag of Namibia during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Paul Ali Nuumbembe

  Gentlemen, welterweight

athletics

• Sherwin Vries

  Men's

• Christie van Wyk

  Gentlemen, 200 meters

• Willie Smith

  Men, 400 meter hurdles

• Stephan Louw

  Gentlemen, long jump

• Luketz Swartbooi

  Gentlemen, marathon

• Elizabeth Mongudhi

  Ladies, marathon

Cycling

• Mannie Heymans

  Men, mountain bike: 2:20: 31.94 h, place 26

Wrestling

• Nicolaas Jacobs

shoot

• Friedhelm Sack

  Men's

swim

• Jörg Lindemeier

  Men, 100 meters chest: 1: 05.25 min, 49th place

do gymnastics

• Gharde Geldenhuys

Web links

• Olympic team 2000 from Namibia in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )