The Confederation of African Athletics has nominated the best African athletes, coaches and officials for the 2021 season.
AFRICAN MALE ATHLETES
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ATHLETES |
COUNTRY |
PRIZE LIST |
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1 |
Joshua CHEPTEGEI (finalist nomination W A) |
UGA |
- Olympic Champion of 5000 m- Olympic silver medallistof 10 000 m- world Leader of the double mile 8:09.55 |
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Eliud KIPCHOGE (finaliste nomination W A) |
KEN |
- OlympicChampion of marathon - Biggest margin of victory in the Olympic marathon male since 1972 |
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3 |
Selemon BAREGA (1243 points) |
ETH |
- Olympic champion of 10 000 m- Season Best performance 26:49.51 |
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4 |
Emmanuel Kipkuriu KORIR (1234 points) |
KEN |
- olympique Champion of 800 m- Winner of the Monaco meeting in1 :43.04 (Personal Best of the season) |
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BEST OF THE |
Soufiane EL BAKKALI (1218 points) |
MAR |
- OlympicChampion of 3000 m steeple-chase |
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6 |
Hugues Fabrice ZANGO (1279 points) |
BUR |
- Bronze medallist in Tokyo 2021 OG in Triple Jump- World Record indoor 18.07 m |
AFRICAN FEMALE ATHLETES
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ATHLETES |
COUNTRY |
PRIZE LIST |
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1 |
Faith KIPYEGON (finalist nomination W A) |
KEN |
- Olympic Champion of 1500 m- winner of the Diamant League 1500m event- KenyaRecord holder of 1500m |
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Peruth CHEMUTAI (1229 points) |
UGA |
- Olympic Championof 3000 m steeple-chase - Newnationalrecordman of 3000m scin9 :01.45 |
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3 |
Peres JEPCHIRCHIR (1206 points) |
KEN |
- Olympic Championof Marathon -Season Best performance : 2.22 :39 in New York Marathon November 2021. |
AFRICAN MALE HOPE ATHLETES
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ATHLETES |
COUNTRY |
PRIZE LIST |
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1 |
Jacob KIPLIMO (DOB 14-11-2000) (1299 points) |
UGA |
-bronzeMedallist of5000 m in Tokyo 2021 OG - bronze Medallist of 10000 m in Tokyo 2021 OG -world record holder of Half marathon 57.31 Lisbon 21 November 2021 |
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Emmanuel Wanyonyi(DOB 1-08-2004) |
KEN |
- U20 world Champion Nairobi 2021 of 800 m -U20 world best performer of 800 m -U18NationalRecordmanof 800 m and U20 world championships recordman |
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3 |
Tadesse WORKU DOB 20-01-2002 |
ETH |
- U20 world Champion Nairobi 2021 of 3000 m -U20 world best performer in 3000 m, in 10 000 m and in 10 km -U20 world championships Recordman |
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4 |
Letsile TOBOGO (1169 points) |
BOT |
-U20 world Champion Nairobi 2021 of 100m - Best performance10.11 -Season Best performance 10.11 |
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5 |
UDODI CHUDI ONWUZIRIKE (DOB 29-01-2003) (1187 points) |
NGR |
-U20 world Champion Nairobi 2021 of 200 m -Best performance 20.13 -season Best performance 20.13 (+2.3)- 20.21 (0.5) |
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6 |
Anthony PESSELA DOB 9-06-2002) (1209 points) |
BOT |
-U20 world Champion Nairobi 2021 of 400 m -Best performance 44.58 -season Best performance 44.58 |
AFRICAN FEMALE HOPE ATHLETES
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ATHLETES |
COUNTRY |
PRIZE LIST |
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Christine MBOMA (DOB 22-05-2003)
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NAM |
- Olympic Silver Medallist of 200 m - U20 world Champion Nairobi 2021of 200m - U20 world Recordwoman of 200 m - Africa Recordwoman of 200 m - Season Best performance 21.78 |
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Jakline CHEPKOECH (DOB 3-10-2003) (1172 points) |
KEN |
-U20 world Champion of 3000 m Steeple Chase-personal Best 9.27.40 |
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3 |
Tobi AMUSAN (DOB 23-04-1997) 1230 points) |
NGR |
-4thin100 m Hurdles in the Tokyo OG 2021 -Africa record holder in12.42 (set on September 9, 2021 in Zurich) |
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4 |
Imaobong UKO (DOB 20-02-2004) (1144 points) |
NGR |
-U20 world ChampionNairobi 2021 of 400m -personal best and season best 51.55 |
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AFRICAN COACH OF THE YEAR
Hendrik Botha Namibia
Hendrik Botha, Henk for close friends, is a Namibian coach, born on December 30, 1968. He presentlylives in Grootfontein.
He is a former Rugby coach who loved athletics and came to show the extension and relevance of his coaching philosophy. As a former talented sprinter, paradoxically, he will start by training in discus and shot put events, which are specialties of his own girls.
It is as part of a program of the NSSU (National School Sports Union) that he will take charge of Beatrice Masilingi. A little later the Namibian sports ministry will ask him to coach Christine Mboma as well.
Today the records of his two athletes speak for him and propel him to the top of the great coaches’hierarchy.Thanks to his unfailing determination and that of his two protegees, they were not discouraged when the decision not to admit his two favorite athletes in the 400m fell, an event for which they were prepared and on which they started to perform world-class performance. Converted to the 200m against her willingness, Christine Mboma will nonetheless become the first Namibian in history to win an Olympic medal (silver medal), and then become the U20 world champion over the same distance. She will manage in September of the same year 2021 to achieve 21:78, a new absolute record for Africa and the U20 world championships. Her compatriot Masilingi is going to finish 6th in the 200m on the same race at the Tokyo Olympics. Two Namibians in the same final is another unprecedented feat.
It is for all these reasons that the Confederation of African Athletics is pleased to rank Henk as the best African coach of the year 2021, wishing hievery success in his career which is only just beginning.
AFRICAN OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR
PAULINE MURUMBA Kenya
PAULINE CHEROP MURUMBA is a Kenyan official who has been on the African officials’ circuit since 2002. Born in 1970 Pauline is a dedicated and enthusiastic athletics technician with many years of experience and solid credentials.
She is always very happy to offer her services to improve the quality of athletics competitions at local, international and continental level. She has participated in the organization of many events, as she has helped to implement and evaluate many athletics competitions and to solve many problems related to the application of technical rules and competitionsregulations.
Pauline is an expert in mentoring officials to be, dealing with gender issues in sport and the application of technology in various aspects of athletics
As an International Technical Official (ITO), on regional level (Africa) since 2002 to date, she has extensivelycontributed in the planning and judging at world events held in Kenya. For example, she was a member of the technical committee and technical director of the 2017 World U18 Athletics Championships.
If she was chosen as African Official of the Year 2021 by the Confederation of African Athletics, it is because of the very important role she played as a Referee Judge during the 2021 edition of the World U20 Championships organized in Nairobi, a world championship which was a great success. Pauline supervised the track events in liaison with the relevant ITO of World Athletics. Pauline also had an important technical responsibility in the organization of the NairobiKipkeino Classic for the 2020 and 2021 editions.
