Racheal Nachula (born 14 January 1986) is a Zambian

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and former sprinter who plays as a

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for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem and the Zambia women's national team.

Athletics

Specialized in the

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, Nachula won the bronze medal at the 2008 African Championships, in a personal best time of 51.39 seconds. She competed at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

, the 2006 World Junior Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, and the

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without qualifying for the final round. She won the silver medal in the 400 m at the

2009 African Junior Athletics Championships The 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships were held in Bambous, Mauritius from 30 July to 2 August. There were 40 events in total, of which 20 were contested by male athletes and 20 by female athletes. Multiple gold medallists Caster Semeny ...

, recording a time of 53.34 seconds.2009 Africa Junior Athletics Championships – Full results

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(2009-08-02). Retrieved on 2009-09-30. She also has 23.42 seconds in the

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, achieved in May 2007 in

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Football

International goals

:''Scores and results list Zambia's goal tally first.

References

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Racheal Nachula
at BDFútbol * * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Lusaka Zambian women's footballers Women's association football forwards Green Buffaloes F.C. players Zaragoza CFF players Segunda Federación (women) players Zambia women's international footballers Zambian expatriate women's footballers Zambian expatriates in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Zambian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Zambia Olympic athletes for Zambia Zambian twins {{zambia-athletics-bio-stub