Gable Garenamotse

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Gable Garenamotse
Personal information
NationalityBotswanan
Born (1977-02-28) 28 February 1977 (age 48)
Gumare, North-West, Botswana
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventLong jump
Club Cardiff AAC
Medal record
Representing Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester Long jump
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Long jump

Gable Garenamotse (born 28 February 1977) is a former long jumper from Botswana, who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games and competed at two Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008.

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Biography

In 1999 Garenamotse won the triple jump at the African Southern Region Championships, and participated in both long jump and triple jump at the World Championships. Having peaked at a 16.66 metres jump that year, a national record, he decided to concentrate on long jump from thereon. His first international medal was a bronze at the 21st Universiade in 2001.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester Garenamotse placed second. He competed at the 2004 Olympics, without reaching the final. He repeated the second place four years later at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record of 8.17 metres. In August the same year he improved to 8.27 metres. [1] He won the gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games.

Gable Garenamotse did not reach the final at the 2007 World Championships, but finished fourth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, seventh at the 2008 African Championships [2] and ninth at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
1996 World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 30th (q)Long jump 6.92 m (wind: -0.4 m/s)
14th (q)Triple jump 15.32 m
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 6thTriple jump 16.05 m
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 42nd (q)Long jump 7.28 m
38th (q)Triple jump 15.53 m
All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 11thLong jump 7.19 m
6thTriple jump 15.70 m
2001 Universiade Beijing, China 3rdLong jump 7.99 m
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 2ndLong jump 7.91 m
African Championships Radès, Tunisia 8thLong jump 7.80 m (w)
2003 World Championships Paris, France 29th (q)Long jump 7.57 m
All-Africa Games Abuja, Nigeria 5thLong jump 7.82 m
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 18th (q)Long jump 7.68 m
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 25th (q)Long jump 7.78 m
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 2ndLong jump 8.17 m
African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 6th4 × 100 m relay 41.20
4thLong jump 8.02 m
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 1stLong jump 8.08 m
World Championships Osaka, Japan 20th (q)Long jump 7.77 m
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 4thLong jump 7.93 m
African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 7thLong jump 7.84 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 9thLong jump 7.85 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 7thLong jump 8.06 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 15th (q)Long jump 7.73 m

References

  1. Botswana athletics records Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "2008 African Championships results, men's long jump final". Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.