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Asimenye Simwaka

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Asimenye Simwaka
Simwaka in 2024
Personal information
NationalityMalawian
Born (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 29)
Malawi
Sport
CountryMalawi
SportTrack and field, football
Event
Sprints
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Malawi
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Douala200 m

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

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In February 2020 she surprised herself and the other competitors when she entered the National Cross-Country championships in Mzuzu 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] She was selected again in November as a forward by Lovemore Fazili to play for the national team in Lilongwe for the Three Nations Tournament.[6]

Personal Bests

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Event Time Date Notes
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

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Club career

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Simwaka has played for Topik in Malawi.[7]

International career

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Simwaka capped for Malawi at senior level during three COSAFA Women's Championship editions (2019, 2020 and 2021).[8]

She competed in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[citation needed] She was also chosen to be in Lovemore Fazili's squad who went to Morocco in August 2026. They beat Algeria to qualify for the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) final. During that match she and Chikondi Gondwe were replaced by Vanessa Chikupila and Leticia Chinyamula after each side was down to ten players. Malawi won the match 3-1.[9]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Maona, Benjamin (16 February 2020). "Female football star conquers athletics". Kulinji. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "Asimenye SIMWAKA". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Malidadi, Mphatso (3 August 2024). "Asimenye Simwaka's Olympics dream ends, Swimmer Tayamika Chang'anamuno competes Saturday". The Times Group. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  6. ↑ Mabuka, Dennis (21 November 2025). "Malawi coach Fazili Names Squad for Three Nations Tournament - Africa Top Sports". Retrieved 29 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Malawi recall Chawinga duo for Kenya Olympic test". CAF. 25 August 2019. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Chawinga hits six as Malawi earn 9-0 win at COSAFA Women's Championship". Inside The Games. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  9. ↑ Ndovi, Joy (13 August 2026). "Scorchers in historic Wafcon final after outclassing Algeria". Nation Online. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
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