Anaso Jobodwana

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Anaso Jobodwana
Anaso Jobodwana (Moscow 2013) by Dmitry Rozhkov 75.jpg
Anaso Jobodwana in Moscow 2013
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1992-07-30) 30 July 1992 (age 33)
Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event 200 metres
College team Jackson State University -Harvey Gang (Honors College member)
Coached byStuart McMillan
Achievements and titles
Personal best200 m 19.87 (Beijing 2015)
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Beijing 200 m
World Relays
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Yokohama 4×200 m relay
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Kazan 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Kazan 200 m
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 4x100 m
African Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Rabat 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Rabat 4x100 m

Anaso Jobodwana (born 30 July 1992) is a South African sprinter. [1] He competed in 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London [2] where he ran a new personal best of 20.27 seconds to reach the final.

In the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Jobodwana won bronze in the 200m final, with a national record time of 19.87s.

Jobodwana competed in the 200 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He finished 4th in his heat with a time of 20.53 seconds. He did not qualify for the semifinals. [3]

He competed in the men's 200 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]

Athletics Men's 200 Final – 27th Summer Universiade 2013 – Kazan (RUS) Jobodwana takes first

References

  1. "Anaso Jobodwana". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  2. Morgan, Brad. "Mission2London: Anaso Jobodwana (RSA)". Athletics-Africa.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. "Athletics JOBODWANA Anaso". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.