Asimenye Simwaka
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| Nationality | Malawian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1997 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Malawi | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field, football | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Asimenye Simwaka (born 8 August 1997) is a Malawian athlete and footballer who plays as a forward for the Malawi women's national team.[1] She competed in the 2020 and 2024 Paris Olympics, carrying the flag for Malawi on both. She is employed by the Malawian Defence Force.[1]
Personal Bests
In February 2020 she surprised herself and the other competitors when she entered the National Cross-Country championships in Mzuzy and she won it.[1]
Simwaka competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as the sole Malawian track and field athlete.[2] After breaking the Malawian national record in the women's 100 meters preliminary heats, she simultaneously became the national record holder for the 100, 200 and 400 meters.[3] She improved her national record in the subsequent heats with a time of 11.68 seconds but did not qualify for the semi-finals.[4]
Simwaka carried the Malawian flag at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She participated in the 100m heats but was unable to advance due to a hamstring injury.[5]
On 15 February 2025 she decided to not be a member of National Football team so that could defend her national champion status at the cross-country championship at the Kamuzu Academy’s Kachere Golf Course in Mtunthama.[1] She was selected again in November as a forward by Lovemore Fazili to play for the national team in Lilongwe for the Three Nations Tournament.[6]
| Event | Time | Date | Notes |
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| 100 meters | 11.68 | 30 July 2021 | NR |
| 200 meters | 22.91 | 25 June 2024 | NR |
| 400 meters | 51.55 | 7 August 2022 | NR |
