Hitjivirue Kaanjuka

Hitjivirue Kaanjuka (born 29 December 1987) is a Namibian sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 metres events. He competed at one Commonwealth Games, two World Championships and six African Championships and Games, winning a silver medal in the relay at his last African Games.

Career In 2005 he received a N$3 000 grant from the Frankie Fredericks Foundation. His first international victory came at the African Southern Region Championships in 2005, where he won the 200 metres. He finished second in the same event in 2007. He also competed in the 200 metres races at the 2006 Commonwealth Games (disqualified), 2007 World Championships and the 2007 All-Africa Games (as well as the 2007 All-Africa Games 100 metres without reaching the final. Back-to-back titles in 100 and 200 metres at the 2013 Namibian Championships were followed by spells in South Africa and Central Europe before Kaanjuka was able to return to the World Championships after six years. He did not progress past the heats, however.

In late 2013, a Namibian Athletics Development Programme was set up in Kingston, Jamaica, with several members of the national team training there. 2014 therefore saw Kaanjuka competing in the United States and Jamaica for the first time, but no major championships. He did however continue there in 2015, which also saw the 2015 IAAF World Relays held on the same continent, in the Bahamas. Participating in the 4 × 200 metres relay, his team was disqualified. They fared better in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 African Games, where Kaanjuka won the silver medal

He is nicknamed Hitch. In 2013 he took a job as a police constable.