 Richardson in 2024 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | South African |
| Born | 19 December 2003 Pretoria, South Africa |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) [1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 100m: 9.86 (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2024) 200m 19.99 (La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2024) |
Medal record | |
Benjamin Richardson (born 19 December 2003) is a South African track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. He was born in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. [2]
Richardson attended Nelspruit Primary School, TuksSport High School, and studied at the University of Pretoria in Pretoria. [3] [4] [5]
In 2021, he won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. [6] At the same competition he won gold as part of the South African 4 × 100 m relay team. With Mihlali Xhotyeni, Sinesipho Dambile, Letlhogonolo Moleyane, the relay team broke the world U20 record, running 38.51 seconds. [7]
In April 2022, he lowered his personal best over 100 metres to 10.08, Gaborone. [5] In August 2022, he won the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. [8]
In August 2023, he was the youngest member of the South African team selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [9]
He ran as part of the South African 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [10] In June 2024, he won bronze in the 100 metres at the African Championships in Cameroon. [11]
He set a new 100m personal best of 9.86 seconds and a new 200m personal best of 19.99 seconds in La Chaux-de-Fonds in July 2024. [12] He was selected for the South African team for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [13]
Unfortunately, in the Paris 2024 200m heats, Richardson pulled his hamstring [14] and had to walk the race of the race, finishing over 30 seconds slower than his heatmates, [15] then withdraw from the repechage round [14] and the rest of the 2024 Olympics. [16]
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