Jesse Urikhob (born 19 March 1991) is a

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

n athlete specialising in the

sprinting Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that incorporate running, typically as a way of quickly reaching a target or goal, or avoiding or catching an op ...

events. He won a silver medal in the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ...

at the

2015 African Games The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. Host aw ...

. His personal bests are 10.42 in the 100 metres (+2.0 m/s, Maputo 2011) and 20.85 in the 200 metres (+0.9 m/s, Kingston 2015).

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All-Athletics profile
1991 births Living people Namibian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games African Games silver medalists for Namibia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Namibian people {{Namibia-athletics-bio-stub