Kabange Mupopo

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Kabange Mupopo
Personal information
Full name Kabange Mupopo
Date of birth (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Zambia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Green Buffaloes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Green Buffaloes
International career
2014– Zambia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Kabange Mupopo
Medal record
Athletics
Representing  Zambia
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Marrakech 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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