Asimenye Simwaka
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| Nationality | Malawian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 August 1997 Malawi | ||||||||||||||
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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]
Athletics career
[edit]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]
Personal Bests
[edit]| 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 |
Football career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Simwaka has played for Topik in Malawi.[6]
International career
[edit]Simwaka capped for Malawi at senior level during three COSAFA Women's Championship editions (2019, 2020 and 2021).[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Maona, Benjamin (16 February 2020). "Female football star conquers athletics". Kulinji. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - SIMWAKA Asimenye". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Asimenye SIMWAKA | Profile | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ Malidadi, Mphatso (3 August 2024). "Asimenye Simwaka's Olympics dream ends, Swimmer Tayamika Chang'anamuno competes Saturday". The Times Group. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Malawi recall Chawinga duo for Kenya Olympic test". CAF. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Chawinga hits six as Malawi earn 9-0 win at COSAFA Women's Championship". Inside The Games. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Asimenye Simwaka at World Athletics
- Asimenye Simwaka at Olympics.com
- Asimenye Simwaka at Olympedia
- Asimenye Simwaka at Global Sports Archive
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Olympic athletes for Malawi
- Malawian female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Malawian women's footballers
- 21st-century Malawian sportswomen
- Women's association football forwards
- Malawi women's international footballers
- Olympic female sprinters
- African Games competitors for Malawi
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics