Pako Seribe

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Pako Seribe
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Born (1991-04-07) 7 April 1991 (age 32)
Gaborone, Botswana [1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)200 m, 400 m
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Marrakech 4x400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 Nairobi 4x400 m relay
Updated on 26 August 2016.

Pako Seribe (born 7 April 1991 in Gaborone [2] ) is a Botswana sprinter competing in the 200 and 400 metres. [3] He represented his country at two consecutive World Championships, in 2011 and 2013.

His personal bests are 20.17 seconds in the 200 metres (Molepolole 2015) and 45.00 seconds in the 400 metres (Velenje 2015).

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 9th (sf)400 m48.31
African Junior Championships Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 3rd400 m47.44
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 13th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:11.08
2009 African Junior Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1st400 m46.56
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:15.08
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 4 × 400 m relay DQ
World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 8th400 m 48.07
7th4 × 400 m relay 3:10.74
African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:05.16
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 27th (h)400 m 46.97
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 8th400 m 46.88
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 11th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:13.21
African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 25th (h)400 m 49.12 [4]
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 22nd (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:05.74
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 21st (sf)400 m 47.43
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 6th400 m 45.50
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:01.89
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 17th (sf)200 m 21.34 [5]
5th4 × 100 m relay 39.83
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 200 m DNF

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References

  1. "2018 CWG bio" . Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. 2014 CWG profile
  3. Pako Seribe at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. Did not finish in the semifinals
  5. Disqualified in the semifinals