Sibusiso Matsenjwa

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Sibusiso Matsenjwa
Sibusiso Matsenjwa Rio2016.jpg
Matsenjwa at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988 (age 37)
Siteki, Eswatini [1]
Education Gwamile Vocational and Commercial Training Institute [2]
Polytechnic University of the Philippines [3]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [4]
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)
 100 m, 200 m
ClubRoyal Swaziland Police [5]
Coached byMuzi Mabuza [5]

Sibusiso Bruno Matsenjwa (born 2 May 1988) is a Swazi sprinter. [6] He competed in the 200 metres at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, but failed to reach the finals. He broke the national record on both occasions and served as the flag bearer for Eswatini during the opening ceremony in 2016. [7] Matsenjwa holds national records over 100–400 m distances. He represented his country at three outdoor and three indoor world championships. Sibusiso also competed at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

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He competed in the men's 200m at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [8]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany55th (h)200 m 21.93
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar45th (h)60 m 7.39
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea47th (h)200 m 21.29
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique18th (sf)100 m 10.43
7th200 m 21.08
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey31st (h)60 m 7.04
African Championships Porto-Novo, Benin30th (h)100 m 10.91
16th (h)200 m 21.21
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom40th (h)200 m 20.93
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia16th (qf)100 m 10.53
8th200 m 20.99
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland34th (h)60 m 6.88
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom33rd (h)100 m 10.56
29th (h)200 m 21.08
African Championships Marrakesh, Morocco21st (sf)100 m 10.80
2015 World Championships Beijing, China41st (h)200 m 20.78
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo13th (sf)100 m 10.46
6th200 m 20.93
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States44th (h)60 m 6.95
African Championships Durban, South Africa7th (h)200 m 21.08 1
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil47th (h)200 m 20.63
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom32nd (h)200 m 20.67
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom30th (h)60 m 6.82
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia16th (sf)100 m 10.37
19th (sf)200 m 21.16
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria11th (sf)200 m 21.07
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco13th (sf)100 m 10.31
5th200 m 20.83
World Championships Doha, Qatar40th (h)200 m 20.85
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan11th (sf)200 m 20.22
2022 African Championships Port Louis, Mauritius18th (sf)100 m 10.41
25th (h)200 m 21.08
7th (h)4 × 100 m relay 41.25
World Championships Eugene, United States29th (h)200 m 20.60
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary37th (h)200 m 20.88
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom30th (h)60 m 6.74
African Games Accra, Ghana5th200 m 21.12
African Championships Douala, Cameroon22nd (sf)100 m 10.66
5th200 m 20.95
4th (h)4 × 100 m relay 39.82
Olympic Games Paris, France55th (h)100 m 10.39

1Disqualified in the semifinals

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References

  1. ↑ Sibusiso Matsenjwa. Sports-reference.com.
  2. ↑ Sibusiso Matsenjwa. 2013 Universiade profile.
  3. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Archived from the original on 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  4. ↑ Sibusiso Matsenjwa Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine . rio2016.com
  5. 1 2 Sibusiso Matsenjwa. nbcolympics.com
  6. ↑ Sibusiso Matsenjwa at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  7. ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  8. ↑ "Athletics MATSENJWA Sibusiso". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-08-08.


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