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Mupopo: Football is my passion, I enjoy athletics too |date=28 October 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> She played for [[Green Buffaloes F.C.]] and the [[Zambia women's national football team]]; as team [[Captain (association football)|captain]], she led Zambia to the [[2014 African Women's Championship]] tournament, where they were eliminated in the group stage.<ref name="caf"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=7936 |title=She-polopolo cry |publisher=''[[Zambia Daily Mail]]'' |date=16 October 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015 |author=Zulu, Cecilia}}</ref> | Mupopo: Football is my passion, I enjoy athletics too |date=28 October 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> She played for [[Green Buffaloes F.C.]] and the [[Zambia women's national football team]]; as team [[Captain (association football)|captain]], she led Zambia to the [[2014 African Women's Championship]] tournament, where they were eliminated in the group stage.<ref name="caf"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=7936 |title=She-polopolo cry |publisher=''[[Zambia Daily Mail]]'' |date=16 October 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015 |author=Zulu, Cecilia}}</ref> | ||
Mupopo picked up | Mupopo picked up athletics in the spring of 2014, running 53.44 for 400 metres in her first official meeting.<ref name="caf"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=4433 |title=Mupopo qualifies for Diamond League |publisher=''Zambia Daily Mail'' |author=Kunda, Robinson |date=19 September 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> She represented Zambia at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Glasgow]], where she ran 53.09 and was eliminated in the semi-finals.<ref name="caf"/><ref name="tp">{{tilastopaja|id=133447|sex=w}}</ref> In August, she took silver in 51.21 at the [[2014 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] in [[Marrakech]], breaking the [[List of Zambian records in athletics|Zambian record]]; she lost the gold to Nigeria's Folashade Abugan, who ran the same time, in a [[photo-finish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/african-championships-makwala-amos-birech-obi |title=Redemption for Makwala at African Championships |date=12 August 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015 |publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF) |author=Mulkeen, Jon}}</ref> 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.<ref name="caf"/><ref name="tp"/> Mupopo received an 18-month athletics scholarship from the [[Zambian Olympic Committee]] in 2015, leading her to concentrate on athletics and not football.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=54308 |title=Zambia: Kabange Gives Tips to Shepolopolo |date=28 March 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015 |publisher=''[[Times of Zambia]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=52444 |title=Shepolopolo captain Kabange gets NOC scholarship |publisher=''Times of Zambia'' |date=8 March 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> | ||
Mupopo debuted in the [[IAAF Diamond League]] in [[Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix|Doha]] in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zambiadailynation.com/2015/05/17/mupopo-in-shock-defeat/ |title=Mupopo in shock defeat |publisher=''Zambia Daily Nation'' |date=17 May 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.<ref name="tp"/> She was selected for the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015 World Championships]] in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=dca91e1a-9f75-42fd-9aa3-371ead3a992f.pdf&urlSlug=iaaf-world-championships-beijing-2015-entries2 |title=2015 Beijing Provisional Entry List |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> | Mupopo debuted in the [[IAAF Diamond League]] in [[Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix|Doha]] in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zambiadailynation.com/2015/05/17/mupopo-in-shock-defeat/ |title=Mupopo in shock defeat |publisher=''Zambia Daily Nation'' |date=17 May 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]], improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.<ref name="tp"/> She was selected for the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015 World Championships]] in [[Beijing]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=dca91e1a-9f75-42fd-9aa3-371ead3a992f.pdf&urlSlug=iaaf-world-championships-beijing-2015-entries2 |title=2015 Beijing Provisional Entry List |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> |
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15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015 - Day Three | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kabange Mupopo | ||
Date of birth | 21 September 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Zambia | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Green Buffaloes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
Green Buffaloes | |||
National team | |||
2014– | Zambia | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) |
Medal record | ||
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Athletics | ||
Representing Zambia | ||
African Championships | ||
2014 Marrakech | 400 metres
{{Medal|Gold|2016 Durban|[[400 metres}} | |
All-Africa Games | ||
2015 Brazzaville | 400 metres |
Kabange Mupopo (born 21 September 1992) is a Zambian sprinter and football player, won Gold in African games September 2015
Biography
Mupopo started playing association football as an 11-year-old, inspired by her brother.[1] 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.[1][2]
Mupopo picked up athletics in the spring of 2014, running 53.44 for 400 metres in her first official meeting.[1][3] She represented Zambia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she ran 53.09 and was eliminated in the semi-finals.[1][4] 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.[5] 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.[1][4] Mupopo received an 18-month athletics scholarship from the Zambian Olympic Committee in 2015, leading her to concentrate on athletics and not football.[6][7]
Mupopo debuted in the IAAF Diamond League in Doha in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.[8] In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.[4] She was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.[9]
References
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External links
- Script error: No such module "String". profile at IAAF