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Mupopo started playing association football as an 11-year-old, inspired by her brother.<ref name="caf">{{cite web |url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/tn9thafricanwomenchampionship-namibia/news.aspx/NewsDetails?id=FiwOlHoESQWLBCXDsqhA7w%3D%3D |publisher=[[Confederation of African Football]] |title=
Mupopo started playing association football as an 11-year-old, inspired by her brother.<ref name="caf">{{cite web |url=http://www.cafonline.com/en-us/competitions/tn9thafricanwomenchampionship-namibia/news.aspx/NewsDetails?id=FiwOlHoESQWLBCXDsqhA7w%3D%3D |publisher=[[Confederation of African Football]] |title=
Mupopo: Football is my passion, I enjoy athletics too |date=28 October 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> She played for [[Green Buffaloes F.C.]] and the [[Zambia women's national football team]]; as team [[Captain (association football)|captain]], she led Zambia to the [[2014 African Women's Championship]] tournament, where they were eliminated in the group stage.<ref name="caf"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=7936 |title=She-polopolo cry |publisher=''[[Zambia Daily Mail]]'' |date=16 October 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015 |author=Zulu, Cecilia}}</ref>
Mupopo: Football is my passion, I enjoy athletics too |date=28 October 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref name="caf"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=7936 |title=She-polopolo cry |publisher=''[[Zambia Daily Mail]]'' |date=16 October 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015 |author=Zulu, Cecilia}}</ref>


Mupopo picked up athletics in the spring of 2014, running 53.44 for 400 metres in her first official meeting.<ref name="caf"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=4433 |title=Mupopo qualifies for Diamond League |publisher=''Zambia Daily Mail'' |author=Kunda, Robinson |date=19 September 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> She represented Zambia at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in Glasgow, where she ran 53.09 and was eliminated in the semi-finals.<ref name="caf"/><ref name="tp">{{tilastopaja|id=133447|sex=w}}</ref> In August, she took silver in 51.21 at the African Championships in Marrakech, breaking the [[List of Zambian records in athletics|Zambian record]]; she lost the gold to Nigeria's Folashade Abugan, who ran the same time, in a [[photo-finish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/african-championships-makwala-amos-birech-obi |title=Redemption for Makwala at African Championships |date=12 August 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015 |publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF) |author=Mulkeen, Jon}}</ref> Mupopo qualified to represent Africa at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, also in Marrakech, where she placed fourth and improved her national record to 50.87.<ref name="caf"/><ref name="tp"/> Mupopo received an 18-month athletics scholarship from the [[Zambian Olympic Committee]] in 2015, leading her to concentrate on athletics and not football.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=54308 |title=Zambia: Kabange Gives Tips to Shepolopolo |date=28 March 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015 |publisher=''[[Times of Zambia]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=52444 |title=Shepolopolo captain Kabange gets NOC scholarship |publisher=''Times of Zambia'' |date=8 March 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref>
Mupopo picked up athletics in the spring of 2014, running 53.44 for 400 metres in her first official meeting.<ref name="caf"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=4433 |title=Mupopo qualifies for Diamond League |publisher=''Zambia Daily Mail'' |author=Kunda, Robinson |date=19 September 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> She represented Zambia at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in Glasgow, where she ran 53.09 and was eliminated in the semi-finals.<ref name="caf"/><ref name="tp">{{tilastopaja|id=133447|sex=w}}</ref> In August, she took silver in 51.21 at the African Championships in Marrakech, breaking the [[List of Zambian records in athletics|Zambian record]]; she lost the gold to Nigeria's Folashade Abugan, who ran the same time, in a [[photo-finish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/african-championships-makwala-amos-birech-obi |title=Redemption for Makwala at African Championships |date=12 August 2014 |accessdate=16 August 2015 |publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF) |author=Mulkeen, Jon}}</ref> Mupopo qualified to represent Africa at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, also in Marrakech, where she placed fourth and improved her national record to 50.87.<ref name="caf"/><ref name="tp"/> Mupopo received an 18-month athletics scholarship from the [[Zambian Olympic Committee]] in 2015, leading her to concentrate on athletics and not football.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=54308 |title=Zambia: Kabange Gives Tips to Shepolopolo |date=28 March 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015 |publisher=''[[Times of Zambia]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.times.co.zm/?p=52444 |title=Shepolopolo captain Kabange gets NOC scholarship |publisher=''Times of Zambia'' |date=8 March 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref>


Mupopo debuted in the [[IAAF Diamond League]] in [[Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix|Doha]] in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zambiadailynation.com/2015/05/17/mupopo-in-shock-defeat/ |title=Mupopo in shock defeat |publisher=''[[Zambia Daily Nation]]'' |date=17 May 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.<ref name="tp"/> She was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=dca91e1a-9f75-42fd-9aa3-371ead3a992f.pdf&urlSlug=iaaf-world-championships-beijing-2015-entries2 |title=2015 Beijing Provisional Entry List |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref>
Mupopo debuted in the [[IAAF Diamond League]] in [[Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix|Doha]] in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zambiadailynation.com/2015/05/17/mupopo-in-shock-defeat/ |title=Mupopo in shock defeat |publisher=''[[Zambia Daily Nation]]'' |date=17 May 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.<ref name="tp"/> She was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=dca91e1a-9f75-42fd-9aa3-371ead3a992f.pdf&urlSlug=iaaf-world-championships-beijing-2015-entries2 |title=2015 Beijing Provisional Entry List |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref>


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