Lucia Chandamale
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Malawi |
| Born |
18 June 1988 Lilongwe, Malawi |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Long-distance running |
Lucia Chandamale (born June 18, 1988 in Lilongwe) is a Malawian athlete, who specialized in long-distance running.[1] She represented Malawi at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the women's 5,000 metres. She ran in the first heat of the event, against sixteen other competitors, including Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba, who won the gold medal in the final round. Chandamale finished and completed the race in fifteenth place, with a time of 16:44.09, nearly nine seconds slower than her personal best of 16:35.75.[2]
Chandamale also reached the final in the same category for a tenth-place finish at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, with a time of 17:10.46.
References
- ↑ "Lucia Chandamale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's 5000m Round 1 – Heat 1". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
External links
- IAAF profile for Lucia Chandamale
- NBC Olympics Profile
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