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| Nationality | Botswana | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 May 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 800m: 1:59.69 (Cape Town, 2024) NR | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oratile Nowe (born 20 May 2000) is a runner from Botswana. She is a multiple-time national champion and the national record holder over 800 metres. [1]
Nowe grew up player football before focusing on athletics and competed as a long distance runner. [2] She is a member of Serowe Athletics Club. [3] She was second in the 5000 metres at the Botswana Games in 2015. [4]
In 2019, she won a silver medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay. [5]
She won the 800m at the Botswana Championships in May 2023 in Gaborone. [6] In August 2023, she set a national record time of 2:01.62 for the 800 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [7] At the championships she was also part of the Botswana women's 4x400m relay team. [8]
She ran 2:01.62 again to finish fifth at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra in March 2024. [9] At those championships she also won a bronze medal in the women’s 4x400m relay. [10] In April 2024, she ran a personal best 1:59.69 for the 800 metres in Cape Town. [11] This time was her first time under the two-minute barrier and set a new national record. [12]
In May 2024, she was nominated for Botswana Sportswoman of the Year. [13]
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