Kabange Mupopo
Zambian sprinter and footballer (born 1992)
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Kabange Mupopo (born 21 September 1992) is a Zambian sprinter and women's professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. She won gold in the 400 metres at the 2015 All-Africa Games and represented Zambia in football at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Mupopo in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kabange Mupopo | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Lusaka, Zambia[1] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Green Buffaloes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Green Buffaloes | |||
| International career | |||
| 2012– | Zambia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| athletics | ||
Representing  Zambia | ||
| All-Africa Games | ||
 | 2015 Brazzaville | 400 m |
| African Championships | ||
| 2016 Durban | 400 m |
 | 2014 Marrakesh | 400 m |
Biography
Mupopo started playing football at 11 with her brother's guidance.[3] She played for Green Buffaloes F.C. and the Zambia women's national football team; as team captain, she led Zambia to the 2014 African Women's Championship tournament, where they were eliminated in the group stage.[3][4]
Mupopo picked up athletics in the spring of 2014, running 53.44 for 400 metres in her first official meeting.[3][5] She represented Zambia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she ran 53.09 and was eliminated in the semi-finals.[3][6] In August, she took silver in 51.21 at the African Championships in Marrakesh, breaking the Zambian record; she lost the gold to Nigeria's Folashade Abugan, who ran the same time, in a photo-finish.[7] Mupopo qualified to represent Africa at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, also in Marrakesh, where she placed fourth and improved her national record to 50.87.[3][6] Mupopo received an 18-month athletics scholarship from the Zambian Olympic Committee in 2015, leading her to concentrate on athletics and not football.[8][9]
Mupopo debuted in the IAAF Diamond League in Doha in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.[10] In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.[6] She was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.[11]
On 3 July 2024, Mupopo was called up to the Zambia squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[12]
