Kabange Mupopo

Kabange Mupopo (born 21 September 1992) is a Zambian sprinter and football player, who won a gold in the 400m at the 2015 All-Africa Games.

Kabange Mupopo
Personal information
Full name Kabange Mupopo
Date of birth (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992
Place of birth Lusaka, Zambia[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Green Buffaloes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Green Buffaloes
National team
2012– Zambia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Kabange Mupopo
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Zambia
African Championships
2014 Marrakech400 metres
2016 Durban400 metres
All-Africa Games
2015 Brazzaville 400 metres

Biography

Mupopo started playing association football as an 11-year-old, inspired by her brother.[3] She played for Green Buffaloes F.C. and the Zambia women's national football team; as team captain, she led Zambia to the 2014 African Women's Championship tournament, where they were eliminated in the group stage.[3][4]

Mupopo picked up athletics in the spring of 2014, running 53.44 for 400 metres in her first official meeting.[3][5] She represented Zambia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she ran 53.09 and was eliminated in the semi-finals.[3][6] In August, she took silver in 51.21 at the African Championships in Marrakech, breaking the Zambian record; she lost the gold to Nigeria's Folashade Abugan, who ran the same time, in a photo-finish.[7] Mupopo qualified to represent Africa at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, also in Marrakech, where she placed fourth and improved her national record to 50.87.[3][6] Mupopo received an 18-month athletics scholarship from the Zambian Olympic Committee in 2015, leading her to concentrate on athletics and not football.[8][9]

Mupopo debuted in the IAAF Diamond League in Doha in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.[10] In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.[6] She was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.[11]

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References
  1. Eurosport profile
  2. Rio 2016 bio Archived 25 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Mupopo: Football is my passion, I enjoy athletics too". Confederation of African Football. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. Zulu, Cecilia (16 October 2014). "She-polopolo cry". Zambia Daily Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. Kunda, Robinson (19 September 2014). "Mupopo qualifies for Diamond League". Zambia Daily Mail. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  6. Kabange Mupopo at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  7. Mulkeen, Jon (12 August 2014). "Redemption for Makwala at African Championships". International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  8. "Zambia: Kabange Gives Tips to Shepolopolo". Times of Zambia. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  9. "Shepolopolo captain Kabange gets NOC scholarship". Times of Zambia. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  10. "Mupopo in shock defeat". Zambia Daily Nation. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  11. "2015 Beijing Provisional Entry List". IAAF. Retrieved 16 August 2015.


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