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{{AFC comment|1=I'm not sure what to do with this. {{u|RonaldDuncan}}, we don't have articles on any other [[Ice stock sport]] players or competitions, but it does look like the subject is covered in [[WP:RS]]. Your thoughts? [[User:Bkissin|Bkissin]] ([[User talk:Bkissin|talk]]) 17:36, 2 October 2020 (UTC)}}

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{{Medal|Bronze|[[2009 Africa Championships in Icestock |2009 Nairobi]]|[[Single Target Shooting]]}}
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'''Jessaja Mweshipopya''' is a [[Namibia]]n [[Ice stock sport|ice stock]] player.

==Sports career==

HeMweshipopya started playing in 2006 for the Deutsche Turn- und Sportverein (DTS). 2010 he changmoved to Windhoek Bowling Club.{{cn | date=October 2020}} He is one on the best players in Namibia;<ref name=chaser>{{Cite news | last=Gröbner | first=Thomas | title=Die Daubenjäger aus Swakopmund | trans-title=The Daube chasers from Swakopmund | language=de | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/eisstock-wm-die-daubenjaeger-aus-swakopmund-1.4846912 | date=16 March 2020 | newspaper=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]}}</ref> {{As of|2020}} he has played 98 times for the Namibian national team,<ref>{{Cite web | title=Icestocksport Association of Namibia | url=http://www.detlef.iway.na/ean/?c=nationalspieler | access-date=1 September 2020 | website=www.detlef.iway.na}}</ref> which won the Africa Cup on four occasions, latest in 2019 in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]].<ref>{{Cite news | title=Icestock team dominates at 8th African Championships | newspaper= [[Namibia Economist]] | url=https://economist.com.na/47180/sport/icestock-team-dominates-at-8th-african-championships/ | date=11 September 2019}}</ref>

Mweshipopya participated at five world icestock championships:<ref name=tz>{{Cite news | last=Winterer | first=Beate | title=Namibia bei der Eisstock-WM: "Das Eis bei euch ist großartig!" | trans-title=Namibia at the ice stock world championship: "The ice your side is fantastic!" | language=de | date=5 March 2012 | url=https://www.tz.de/bayern/namibia-eisstock-wm-das-beieuch-grossartig-1687597.html | newspaper=[[Tz (newspaper)|tz]]}}</ref> 2008, 2012,<ref>{{Cite news | last=Kratzer | first=Hans | title=Mweshipopyas großer Auftritt | trans-title=Mweshipopya's big day |language=de | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/wm-im-eisstockschiessen-mweshipopyas-grosser-auftritt-1.1305353 | date=11 March 2012 | newspaper=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]}}</ref> 2014, 2018 and 2020<ref>{{Cite news | last=Gröbner | first=Thomas | title=Die Daubenjäger aus Swakopmund | trans-title=The Daube chasers from Swakopmund | language=de | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/eisstock-wm-die-daubenjaeger-aus-swakopmund-1.4846912 | date=16 March 2020 | newspaper=[[Süddeutsche Zeitung]]}}</ref name=chaser/> in [[Regen]], Germany, when Namibia came second in group B.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Manspan hou naam hoog in Duitsland | url=https://www.republikein.com.na/nuus/manspan-hou-naam-hoog-in-duitsland | trans-title=Mens' team holds name high in Germany | date=19 March 2020 | newspaper=[[Republikein]]}}</ref>
  
==References==
===Notes===
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===Further reading===
*{{Cite web|title=Namibias WM-Team: Der Traum vom Eisstockschießen - STIMME.de|url=https://www.stimme.de/sport/ueberregional/sportwelt/wintersport/wintermix/Namibias-WM-Team-Der-Traum-vom-Eisstockschiessen;art456,2389742|access-date=2020-09-01|website=www.stimme.de|language=de}}
*{{Cite web|date=2012-03-08|title=Namibia und der Traum vom Eisstockschießen|url=https://natuerlich-afrika.reisen/namibia-und-der-traum-vom-eisstockschiesen-95871/|access-date=2020-09-01|website=Natürlich Afrika|language=de}}⏎
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Personal==
Mweshipopya was born on 3 April 1974 in [[Eenhana]] in northern Namibia. He is a [[Kwanyama]] of the [[Ovambo people]].<ref name=tz/> He started playing ice stock in 2006. Mweshipopya is a gardener by profession. He supplements his income with [[amateur photography]].<ref>{{Cite news | title=Namibias WM-Team: Der Traum vom Eisstockschießen | trans-title=Namibia's world cup team: The dream of ice stock shooting | language=de | last=Brehme | first=Michael | newspaper=Heilbronner Stimme | date=6 March 2012 | url=https://www.stimme.de/sport/ueberregional/sportwelt/wintersport/wintermix/Namibias-WM-Team-Der-Traum-vom-Eisstockschiessen;art456,2389742}}
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==References==
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[[:Category:Ovambo people]]
[[:Category:Sportspeople from Windhoek]]
[[:Category:Namibian sportspeople]]⏎
[[:Category:African Games gold medalists for Namibia]]
[[:Category:Winter sports in Africa]]⏎
[[:Category:African Games competitors for Namibia]]