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| Full name | Busang Collen Kebinatshipi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Botswana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 2004 Hukuntsi, Botswana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400 m: 44.22 (Lausanne, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (born 13 February 2004) is a track and field athlete from Botswana. In 2023, he became the African U20 champion in the 400 metres. [2]
He won gold in the 400 metres at the 2023 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics in Ndola, Zambia with a championship record time of 44.91 seconds. [3]
Kebinatshipi was part of the Botswana men’s 4 × 400 m relay team that won gold at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi. [4] In April 2022, he lowereed his personal best for the 400 metres to 45.20 seconds. [5] In August 2022, he won gold medals as part of the Botswana men's 4 × 400 m relay team and the mixed 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2022 African Championships. [6] [7]
He won the 400m at the 2023 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics in Ndola, Zambia, in April 2023, running a championship record time of 44.91 seconds. [8] [9] In June 2023, he ran 45.01 to win an international meeting in Hengelo, Netherlands beating an international field, including the likes of Vernon Norwood and Zakithi Nene. [10]
Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he lowered his personal best in the 400 metres to 44.80 to qualify for the semi-final. [11]
He ran as part of the victorious Botswanan 4 × 400 m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [12] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, running a personal best to reach the semi-finals. [13] He also competed in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the Games, winning the silver medal with the Botswana relay team. [14] [1] [15]
He ran 44.53 seconds to finish third in the 400 metres at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025. [16] He also finished third in the 400 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025, in a time of 44.63 seconds. [17] He ran 44.51 seconds the place third in the 400 metres at the Diamond League event at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025. [18]
In April 2025, Kebinatshipi finished second in the 200 metres event at the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix, which qualified him for the World Championships. [19] In July 2025, he placed second over 200 metres in the men's U23 race at the 2025 Herculis, behind race winner Gout Gout, running 20.28 seconds. [20] [21] He placed seventh over 400 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. [22]
| Grand Slam Track results [23] | |||||
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| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Kingston Slam | Long sprints | 400 m | 4th | 45.15 | US$15,000 |
| 200 m | 6th | 21.08 | |||
Botswana's 400m runner Collen 'Badboy' Kebinatshipi is the fastest junior athlete in the world after clocking 44.91s at the recent U20Africa championships held in Zambia.
Busang Collen Kebinatshipi
Anthony Pesela (400m) and the upcoming talented Collen Kebinatshipi (400m) are also part of the team.
Busang Collen Kebinatshipi from Botswana timed 44.91 to win the race
Three athletes from Botswana were part of the men's 400m field at the FBK Games, with an age gap of 17 years between the oldest (Isaac Mawala) and youngest (Busang Collen Kebinatshipi) ... The 19-year-old won in a time of 45.01
Kebinatshipi decided to compete in the 200m over the weekend at the FNB Golden Grand Prix. In an unfamiliar terrain, Kebinatshipi stormed to 20.13s in the 200m finishing second in the race which saw him qualify for the World Championships.
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