Namibia competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

 held in Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

. Namibia sent 28 athletes (19 male and 9 female) and 11 officials to the Games, which was fewer than it had in 2006. Namibian athletes competed in athletics, archery , boxing, cycling, gymnastics, bowls, shooting, and paralympics. It however won more medals then in 2006.

Medals

2010 Commonwealth Games medal table

The 2010 Commonwealth Games , was a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India from 3 to 14 October 2010. It was the first time that India hosted the Commonwealth Games and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998...

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Japhet Uutoni Japhet Uutoni Japhet Uutoni is an amateur Namibian boxer. He was the 2005 Namibian sportsperson of the year in the Namibian newspaper and won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games by defeating England's Darren Langley on points...	Boxing Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Talkatora Stadium. The training venue for the event was in Delhi University 4 Rings. The events took place on 5 - 11 , 13 October 2010.-Medal summary:-Medals table:Key:-Participating nations:...	Light flyweight Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 49 kilograms .17 boxers will compete....
	Johanna Benson	Athletics Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games The athletics competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held in New Delhi, India between 6 and 14 October. The track and field events took place between 6–12 October at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium while the marathon contests were held on a street course running through the city on 14...	Women's 100 metres (T37) Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres (T37) The Women's 100 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday 7 October 2010.-Results:-External links:*...
	Gaby Ahrens Gaby Ahrens Gaby Diana Ahrens is a Namibian sport shooter. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Women's trap event, where she finished in 20th and final place in the qualification round.-References:...	Shooting Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games The Shooting events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games took place at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range from 5 to 13 October 2010.The Full Bore events were held at the CRPF Campus from 9 to 13 October 2010.-Medal table:-Men's events:...	Women's Trap (Singles) Shooting at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's trap singles The Women's trap singles event took place at October 9, 2010 at the CRPF Campus. There was a qualification held to determine the final participants.-Results:-External links:*...

Archery

• Benjamin Van Wyk
• Johannes Grobler
• Dirk Bockmuhl

Athletics

• Beata Naigambo
  Beata Naigambo
  Beata Nandjala Naigambo is a Namibian long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. Her personal best time is 2:33:17 hours, achieved in April 2008 in Pyongyang....
  
  
• Reinhold Iita

Boxing

• Sakaria Lukas
  Sakaria Lukas
  Sakaria Lukas is a Namibian boxer. A bantamweight, Lukas competed for Namibia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the Bantamweight division. In his first match, he beat Joseph Ham of Scotland. Following the match, Ham lost consciousness and was treated for a concussion...
  
  
• Mikka Shonnena
• Mujandjae Kasuto
  Mujandjae Kasuto
  Mujandjae Kasuto is a Namibian welterweight boxer. Kasuto competed for Namibia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in boxing after qualifying for the games by winning the gold medal in his division at the qualifying tournament held in Windhoek in March 2008. At the 2008 games, Kasuto lost in the round of...
  
  
• Elias Nashivela
  Elias Nashivela
  Elias Nashivela is a Namibian boxer. A middleweight, Nashivela competed for Namibia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the Middleweight division. In his first match, he beat Albert Blaize of Dominica. When the referee stopped the fight, Nashivela was up 19-0 in points in the 2nd round.In 2006,...
  
  
• Tobias Munihango
• Japhet Uutoni
  Japhet Uutoni
  Japhet Uutoni is an amateur Namibian boxer. He was the 2005 Namibian sportsperson of the year in the Namibian newspaper and won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games by defeating England's Darren Langley on points...
  
  

Cycling

• Dan Craven
  Dan Craven
  Dan Craven is a racing cyclist from Namibia.Dan joined Rapha Condor team for the 2009 season.Dan was the 2008 African Road Race champion, having taken the crown in Casablanca in November just two days after he’d picked up a Bronze in the African Time Trial Championships.A strong time-trialer,...
  
  
• Erik Hoffmann
  Erik Hoffmann
  Erik Hoffmann is a Namibian professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Windhoek. He moved to University of Stuttgart, Germany in 2001 to study Electrical Engineering...
  
  

Gymnastics

• Kimberly-Ann Van Zyl
• Robert Honnibal

Lawn Bowls

• Charlotte Morland
• Diana Viljoen
• Lesley Vermeulen
• Theuna Grobler
• Beatrix Lamprecht
• Willem Esterhuizen (Senior)
• Willem Esterhuizen (Junior)
• Jean Viljoen
• Graham Snyman
• Steven Peake

Shooting

• Gaby Ahrens
  Gaby Ahrens
  Gaby Diana Ahrens is a Namibian sport shooter. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Women's trap event, where she finished in 20th and final place in the qualification round.-References:...
  
  
• Gielie Van Wyk

External links

• Times of india