Date of Birth: 21 Jul 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T11

Place of birth: OKANKOLO

Impairment Details

He lost his left eye in an accident at age three when his brother tried to shoot birds using a bow and arrow. Three years later he lost the vision in his right eye after he was kicked by a donkey.

FOUNDATION

In 2016 he co-founded the Sport on the Move Foundation, which aims to offer support to Namibian Para athletes. The project began in 2015 as the Run4Rio initiative, created by Dutch communications professional Elisa Ostet to help Namibian Para athletes prepare for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He also took up a course in marketing to acquire skills in promoting Para sports through the foundation.

FURTHER EDUCATION

In 2020 he completed a course in physiotherapy at the Nomad Institute in Windhoek, Namibia. “The struggles of an athlete are unending. We are put in the hands of so many physiotherapists and not all do a good job. At times we do not get the best massages during competitions, and it affects performance. Now that I have been in good and bad hands, I feel I am in a better position to say what athletes need.”

Profile

Paralympic Games

1     200m – T11 2016     Rio de Janeiro, BRA 22.44

3     100m – T11 2016     Rio de Janeiro, BRA 11.11

3     400m – T11 2016     Rio de Janeiro, BRA 50.63

4     4x100m Relay – T11-13  2016     Rio de Janeiro, BRA       43.66

5     200m – T11 2012     London, GBR      23.20

5     400m – T11 2012     London, GBR      52.45

7     100m – T11 2012     London, GBR      11.49

World Championships

2     100m – T11 2017     London, GBR      11.33

2     200m – T11 2015     Doha, QAT  22.84

2     200m – T11 2013     Lyon, FRA    22.71

3     100m – T11 2013     Lyon, FRA    11.85

3     400m – T11 2011     Christchurch, NZL    53.90

4     400m – T11 2013     Lyon, FRA    52.15

5     400m – T11 2019     Dubai, UAE 52.47

5     200m – T11 2017     London, GBR      23.31

5     400m – T11 2015     Doha, QAT  52.72

6     200m – T11 2011     Christchurch, NZL    24.95

7     100m – T11 2019     Dubai, UAE DSQ

7     400m – T11 2017     London, GBR      52.83

8     100m – T11 2011     Christchurch, NZL    12.31

Commonwealth Games

4     100m – T12 2018     Gold Coast, QLD, AUS     11.37

Awards:

  • He was Namibia’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (thesouthafrican.com, 12 Apr 2018)
  • He was given the Sporting Achievement Award and the Sportsman of the Year with a Disability Award at the 2016 Namibia Sports Commission Sports Awards. (insidethegames.biz, 31 Oct 2016)
  • He received a sporting achievement award from Disability Sports Namibia in 2015. (namibiansun.com, 19 Oct 2015)
  • He was Namibia’s flag bearer at the 2011 All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique. (namibiasport.com.na, 19 Dec 2011)