STERLING performances from the nation’s stars provided a beacon of hope and inspiration amid all the continued doom and gloom caused by the coronavirus pandemic this year.
These remarkable athletes overcame personal losses and limited resources to prepare for international competition and ensure that Namibia remains a force to be reckoned with.
The Namibian Sport requested five prominent sport journalists to share their 10 most memorable sport events of 2021.
Hesron Kapanga (Nampa):
1. The u20 national boys’ football team qualifying and competing at the 2021 Afcon.
2. Christine Mboma winning a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
3. Ananias Shikongo winning a silver and Johannes Nambala winning a bronze medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games.
4. The national senior men’s cricket team qualifying for the T20 World Cup Super-12 at the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup.
5. The senior national women’s hockey team qualifying for the 2022 Hockey World Cup.
6. The senior national women’s football team (Brave Gladiators) reaching the final round of qualification for the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
7. Namibia’s 4 x 100m women’s relay team winning a silver at the u20 World Athletics Championships in Nairobi,Kenya.
8. Peter Shalulile becoming the face of the South Africa Premier Soccer League with his standout performances.
9. Mboma winning the Diamond League.
10. Mboma winning the Athletics Weekly Magazine Awards’ International Junior Female Athlete of the Year prize, and being nominated for the BBC Africa Sport Stars of the year.
Castro Ulumbu (One Africa TV):
1. The senior women’s hockey team retaining the Africa Cup Indoor trophy and qualifying for the 2022 IFH World Cup in Liege, Belgium.
2. Peter Shalulile winning the PSL Player of the Season and PSL Players’ Player of the Season 2020/21.
3. Christine Mboma winning silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
4. Mboma winning the 2021 Diamond League 200m crown.
5. Namibia’s senior men’s cricket team reaching the ICC T20 World Cup Super 12.
6. Tura Magic Ladies Football Club participating at the 2021 inaugural Cosafa Women’s Champions League Qualifiers tournament.
7. Namibia winning 16 medals to rank ninth overall at the inaugural ISF u15 World School Championships in Belgrade, in Serbia.
8. Johannes Nambala winning a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
9. Ananias Shikongo winning a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
10. The Brave Gladiators knocking out Cosafa champions Tanzania from the 2022 Women Afcon qualifiers.
Otniel Hembapu (New Era):
2. Mboma winning the Diamond League 200m title.
3. Mboma winning the Athletics Weekly Magazine’s Best International Athlete of the Year award.
4. Namibia’s cricket team beating the Netherlands and Ireland to reach the Super 12 of the ICC World Cup, which also saw them automatically qualify for the next World Cup.
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