Namibia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Namibia at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Namibia at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Namibia
CGF code	NAM
CGA	Namibian National Olympic Committee
in Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors	28 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Ananias Shikongo (opening)
Medals; Ranked 19th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1994; ; ; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Namibia competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

The Namibian team consisted of 30 (20 men and 10 women) athletes competing in seven sports.^[2]

Para track and field athlete Ananias Shikongo was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jonas Jonas	Boxing	Men's −64 kg	April 14
Gold	Helalia Johannes	Athletics	Women's marathon	April 15

Competitors[]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	3	9
Boxing	3	0	3
Cycling	4	2	6
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Lawn bowls	4	4	8
Triathlon	1	0	1
Total	19	9	28

Athletics[]

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ananias Shikongo Guide: Even Tjiviju	100 m T12	11.26	3 q	11.37	4
Hardus Maritz	400 m hurdles	50.41	5	Did not advance
	Marathon	N/A	DNF
Namupala Reonard	Marathon	N/A	DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Roger Haitengi	Triple jump	16.36	3 q	16.24	8

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	Marathon	2:50:59	12
Lavinia Haitope		2:40:54	7
Helalia Johannes		2:32:40

Boxing[]

Namibia participated with a team of 3 athletes (3 men)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mathias Hamunyela	−49 kg	N/A	(KEN) L 2-3	Did not advance
	−60 kg	BYE	Garside (AUS) L 0-5	Did not advance
Jonas Jonas	−64 kg	(BAH) W 5-0	(SAM) W RSC	(SRI) W 5-0	McCormack (ENG) W 3-2	(CAN) W 5-0

Cycling[]

Namibia participated with 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women).

Road[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dirk Coetzee	Road race	4:05:45	44
Dan Craven		3:59:35	40
Tristan De Lange		3:59:35	36
Martin Freyer		DNF
Dirk Coetzee	Time trial	53:16.85	19
Martin Freyer	Time trial	58:12.22	37

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Vera Adrian	Road race	3:03:32	15
Vera Adrian	Time trial	42:26.14	16
Michelle Vorster	Road race	3:03:32	21

Mountain bike[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tristan De Lange	Men's cross-country	1:26:59	12
Michelle Vorster	Women's cross-country	1:23:37	8

Gymnastics[]

Artistic[]

Namibia participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Men
Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Robert Honiball	Qualification	N/A	7.900	N/A		9.850	DNS	N/A

Lawn bowls[]

Namibia will compete in Lawn bowls.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Douw Calitz Willem Esterhuizen	Triples	Niue W 25 - 10	Canada W 16 - 11	Singapore L 15 - 20	New Zealand L 8 - 28	3	Did not advance
Douw Calitz Willem Esterhuizen	Fours	Northern Ireland L 11 - 17	Niue W 16 - 13	Fiji L 11 - 14	Malaysia L 11 - 14	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Triples	New Zealand L 15 - 22	Jersey L 12 - 15	Wales L 14 - 15	Zambia W 19 - 9	4	Did not advance
	Fours	Malaysia L 13 - 17	Papua New Guinea D 12 - 12	Australia L 9 - 23	Cook Islands L 7 - 20	5	Did not advance

Triathlon[]