Jessaja Mweshipopya
 Jessaja Mweshipopya at the Africa Cup 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Namibian |
| Born | 3 April 1974 Eenhana, Namibia |
| Residence | Windhoek |
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Ice and summer field |
| Event(s) | Single Team |
| Club | Windhoek Bowling Club |
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Jessaja Mweshipopya is a Namibian ice stock player.
Sports career[edit]
Mweshipopya started playing in 2006 for the Deutsche Turn- und Sportverein (DTS). 2010 he moved to Windhoek Bowling Club.[citation needed] He is one on the best players in Namibia;[1] As of 2020[update] he has played 98 times for the Namibian national team,[2] which won the Africa Cup on four occasions, latest in 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya.[3]
Mweshipopya participated at five world icestock championships:[4] 2008, 2012,[5] 2014, 2018 and 2020[1] in Regen, Germany, when Namibia came second in group B.[6]
Personal[edit]
Mweshipopya was born on 3 April 1974 in Eenhana in northern Namibia. He is a Kwanyama of the Ovambo people.[4] He started playing ice stock in 2006. Mweshipopya is a gardener by profession. He supplements his income with amateur photography.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gröbner, Thomas (16 March 2020). "Die Daubenjäger aus Swakopmund" [The Daube chasers from Swakopmund]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Icestocksport Association of Namibia". www.detlef.iway.na. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ↑ "Icestock team dominates at 8th African Championships". Namibia Economist. 11 September 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Winterer, Beate (5 March 2012). "Namibia bei der Eisstock-WM: "Das Eis bei euch ist großartig!"" [Namibia at the ice stock world championship: "The ice your side is fantastic!"]. tz (in Deutsch).
- ↑ Kratzer, Hans (11 March 2012). "Mweshipopyas großer Auftritt" [Mweshipopya's big day]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in Deutsch).
- ↑ "Manspan hou naam hoog in Duitsland" [Mens' team holds name high in Germany]. Republikein. 19 March 2020.
- ↑ Brehme, Michael (6 March 2012). "Namibias WM-Team: Der Traum vom Eisstockschießen" [Namibia's world cup team: The dream of ice stock shooting]. Heilbronner Stimme (in Deutsch).
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