Malawi at the 2019 African Games

Malawi at the
2019 African Games
Flag of Malawi
IOC codeMAW
NOCOlympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi
in Rabat, Morocco
19 August 2019 (2019-08-19) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
Competitors22 (16 men and 6 women) in 7 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
African Games appearances (overview)

Malawi competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. Athletes representing Malawi competed in seven sports and did not win any medals.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2019 African Games

Mark Abel, Bzalani Kamtotole and Areneo David competed in archery in the men's individual recurve and the men's team recurve events.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2019 African Games

Gift Kawale and Stern Noel Liffa competed in the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres events.[1][2] In both events they did not qualify to compete in the semifinals.[1][2]

Golden Gunde competed in the men's 400 metres event. He did not qualify to compete in the semifinals.

Chauncy Master and Kefasi Chitsala competed in the men's 5000 metres and men's 10,000 metres events. Master finished in 23rd place in the 5000 metres event and in 14th place in the 10,000 metres event. Chitsala finished in 18th place in the 5000 metres and in 13th place in the 10,000 metres event.

Miriam Kachingwe and Moneyi Chingaipe competed in the women's 1500 metres event. Neither of them qualified to compete in the final. Chingaipe also competed in the women's 5000 metres event. She finished in last place.

Chess

Main article: Chess at the 2019 African Games

Joseph Mwale, Gerald Mphungu, Daisy Nkhoma and Tupokiwe Msukwa competed in chess.[3]

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2019 African Games

Two athletes represented Malawi in judo.[4][5]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Harriet Bonface Women's -48 kg  Makaba (BOT)
L 		did not advance
Chikondi Samuel Kathewera Men's -60 kg  Agbo (NGR)
L 		did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 African Games

Filipe Miguel Escudeiro Gomes represented Malawi in swimming.[6] He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle, men's 100 metre freestyle and men's 50 metre butterfly events.[6][7]

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2019 African Games

Salam Issa and Floriano Junior Massah represented Malawi in table tennis.[8] They competed in both the men's singles and men's doubles events.[8]

In the men's singles event, Issa lost his match against Eddy Omongole, representing Uganda, and Massah lost his match against Andy Bringaud, representing Gabon. In the men's doubles event they lost their match against Mohamed Elbeialy and Ahmed Saleh, representing Egypt.

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2019 African Games

Three athletes competed in Taekwondo.[9]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Joseph Junior Phiri Men's –68 kg  Kondo (ZIM)
W 27–7 		 Angala (COD)
L 26–35 		did not advance
Stanislaus Karlos Phiri Men's –74 kg —  Fofana (MLI)
L 3–24 		did not advance
Vester Banda Women's –57 kg —  Muriu (KEN)
L 2–22 		did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gift Kawale - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Stern Noel Liffa - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Malawi - Chess entries". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Athlete Profile - Harriet Bonface". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Athlete Profile - Chikondi Samuel Kathewera". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Filipe Miguel Escudeiro Gomes - Athlete Profile". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Table Tennis - NOC Entries by Event - Malawi". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Taekwondo - NOC Entries by Event - Malawi". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.