Summer Paralympics 2016 / Participants (Namibia)

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Namibia was represented by nine athletes at the 2016 Paralympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro . This was the largest contingent in the country's history. At the opening ceremony, the Namibian flag was carried by Johanna Benson .

Medal table

Medal table Namibia
space	sport				total
1	athletics	1	2	2	5
Total		1	2	2	5

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Ananias Shikongo	athletics	200 m (T11) men

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Johannes Nambala	athletics	100 m (T13) men
Johannes Nambala	athletics	400 m (T13) men

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Ananias Shikongo	athletics	100 m (T11) men
Ananias Shikongo	athletics	400 m (T11) men

Participants by sport

Swell:

athletics

Women:

• Johanna Benson (100 and 400 meters, long jump - 2012 Olympic champion over 200 meters and silver over 100 meters)
• Lahja Ishitile (100, 200 and 400 meters)
• Rosa Manjoro (100, 200 and 400 meters)

Athletes	competition	Pre-run / pre-fight		Semifinals		final		rank
		Result	rank	Result	rank	Result	rank
Johanna Benson	100 m T37	14.23 s	3	n / A	n / A	14.16 s	7th	7th
Johanna Benson	400 m T37	1: 10.79 s	4th	-	-	1: 12.35 s	8th	8th
Johanna Benson	Long jump T37	-	-	-	-	3.61 m	6th	6th
Lahja Ishitile	100 m T11	12.59 s	2	12.56 s	4th	-	-	7th
Lahja Ishitile	200 m T11	25.61 s	2	25.37	3	-	-	5
Lahja Ishitile	400 m T11	58.97 s	2	-	-	-	-	6th

Men:

• Martin Aloisius also Aloysius (400 meters and long jump)
• Reginald Benade (discus and shot put)
• Johannes Nambala (100 and 400 meters)
• Elias Ndimulunde (100 and 400 meters)
• Ananias Shikongo (100, 200 and 400 meters)
• Moses Tobias (200 meters)

Athletes	competition	Pre-run / pre-fight		Semifinals		final		rank
		Result	rank	Result	rank	Result	rank
Martin Aloisius	400 m T12	disqualified
Martin Aloisius	Long jump T12	-	-	-	-	6.38 m	11	11
Johannes Nambala	100 m T13	10.81 s	2	n / A	n / A	10.78 s	2	2
Johannes Nambala	400 m T13	49.01 s	2	-	-	47.21 s	2	2
Elias Ndimulunde	100 m T45 / 46/47	12.68 s	7th	-	-	-	-	13
Elias Ndimulunde	400 m T45 / 46/47	Participation canceled due to injury
Ananias Shikongo	100 m T11	11.17 s	2	11.23 s	1	11.11 s	3	3
Ananias Shikongo	200 m T11	22.93 s	1	22.48 s	1	22.44 s	1	1
Ananias Shikongo	400 m T11	50.85	2	-	-	50.63	3	3
Moses Tobias	200 m T11	24.17 s	4th	-	-	-	-	10
Moses Tobias Martin Aloisius Johannes Nambala Ananias Shikongo	4 × 100 m T11-13	43.49 s	2	-	-	43.66 s	4th	4th

Powerlifting (bench press)

Men:

• Ruben Soroseb

athlete	competition	final
		Result	rank
Ruben Soroseb	Weight class up to 107 kg	190 kg	9

swim

Men:

• Gideon Nasilowski

athlete	competition	final
		Result	rank
Gideon Nasilowski	50 m freestyle S3	1: 38.21	11

Web links

• Namibia, Rio2016.com (English)

• Namibia Paralympic Committee (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Paralimpiese skouspel is here. The Republic of September 7, 2016.
2. ↑ Record 10 athletes qualify for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The Namibian, January 8, 2016.
3. ↑ Nasilowski with wildcard to Rio. Allgemeine Zeitung, June 2, 2016.
4. ↑ Namibia. In: Rio 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Athletes with disabilities off to Rio next week. Namibia Press Agency, August 24, 2016.