Kabange Mupopo

Kabange Mupopo (born 21 September 1992) is a Zambian sprinter and women's professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. She won gold in the 400 metres at the 2015 All-Africa Games and represented Zambia in football at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Biography Mupopo started playing football at 11 with her brother's guidance. She played for Green Buffaloes F.C. and the Zambia women's national football team; as team captain, she led Zambia to the 2014 African Women's Championship tournament, where they were eliminated in the group stage.

Mupopo picked up athletics in the spring of 2014, running 53.44 for 400 metres in her first official meeting. She represented Zambia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where she ran 53.09 and was eliminated in the semi-finals. In August, she took silver in 51.21 at the African Championships in Marrakesh, breaking the Zambian record; she lost the gold to Nigeria's Folashade Abugan, who ran the same time, in a photo-finish. Mupopo qualified to represent Africa at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup, also in Marrakesh, where she placed fourth and improved her national record to 50.87.

Mupopo debuted in the IAAF Diamond League in Doha in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88. In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.

On 3 July 2024, Mupopo was called up to the Zambia squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.