Onkabetse Nkobolo

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Onkabetse Nkobolo
Personal information
Born (1993-07-23) 23 July 1993 (age 32)
Francistown, Botswana [1]
Education Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 400 metres
Coached byMogomotsi Otsetswe
Medal record
Representing Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
All-Africa Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville 400 m
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Durban 4x400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast 4x400 m relay

Onkabetse Nkobolo (born 23 July 1993) is a Botswana sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. [2] He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing narrowly missing the semifinals. In addition, he won two medals at the 2015 African Games. His personal bests in the event are 45.10 seconds outdoors (Brazzaville 2015) and 46.86 seconds indoors (San Sebastián 2015).

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International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
2011 African Junior Championships Gaborone, Botswana 17th (h)800 m 1:55.20
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 5th (h)400 m 46.78 1
2015 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 8th4 × 400 m relay 3:03.73
World Championships Beijing, China 23rd (h)400 m 45.17
9th (h)4 × 400 m relay 2:59.95
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 3rd400 m 45.50
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:00.95
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st4 × 400 m relay 3:02.20
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th4 × 400 m relay 2:59.06
2017 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:02.28
World Championships London, United Kingdom 14th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:06.50
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 1st4 × 400 m relay 3:01.78
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 6th400 m 46.83
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 1st4 × 400 m relay 38.80
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4 × 400 m relay DQ

1Did not finish in the semifinals

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