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{{Medal|Sport|Athletics}}

{{Medal|Competition|African Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2014 Marrakech | 400 metres}}

{{Medal|Gold|2016 Durban|[[400 metres}}

{{MedalCompetition | All-Africa Games}}  

{{Medal|Gold | 2015 Brazzaville | 400 metres}}

'''Kabange Mupopo''' (born 21 September 1992) is a Zambian sprinter and football player who won Gold in African Games in September 2015. She is the striker and captain of the [[Zambia women's national football team]], [[Shepolopolo]] and she represented Zambia at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in women's athletics.

==Football career==

Mupopo picked up athletics in 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 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>

She is represented Zambia at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. On Saturday 13 August she qualified to the semi-finals at the round 1 women's 400m where she was placed in lane six of heat seven and finished second clocking 51:76 seconds behind Jamaican Shericka Jackson, who was only three mili-seconds faster.<ref>[https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=76178 Mupopo sprints to semis]], ''[[Zambia Daily Mail]]'', 14 August 2016</ref>  

 

On Sunday 14 August she failed to qualify for the women's 400 meters final when she came out in 7th position in the semi finals with a time of 52.04. She finished three second behind the qualifying threshold set by Shaunae Muller of Bahamas.<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/08/15/mupopo-fails-qualify-400-meters-finals/ Mupopo fails to qualify for 400 meters finals], [[LusakaTimes]], 15 August 2016</ref>

 

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