Johannes Nambala

Johannes Nambala (born 15 February 1991[1]) is a Paralympian athlete from Namibia competing mainly in category T13 sprint events.

In 2013 he became the first Namibian to win a gold medal at an IPC Athletics World Championships, when he won the 400m sprint in Lyon.

He made his senior debut in 2013 and that year he was selected for the Namibia team and travelled to Lyon to compete at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

[3] In the buildup to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Nambala took part in the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha.

His time of 48.49 was enough to beat his nearest rival, Algeria's Abdelatif Baka, to claim the gold medal.