Sokwakhana Zazini

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Sokwakhana Zazini
Personal information
Born (2000-01-23) January 23, 2000 (age 24)
Burgersdorp
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 400 m hurdles
Medal record
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Mauritius 400 m hurdles
World U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tampere 400 m hurdles
Summer Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Napoli 400 m hurdles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Napoli 4 × 400 m relay
World U18 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Nairobi 400 m hurdles
African U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Abidjan 400 m hurdles

Sokwakhana Zazini (born 23 January 2000) is a South African athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. [1] He won gold medals at the 2017 World U18 Championships and the 2018 World U20 Championships. In 2019, he won a silver medal at the Universiade. [2]

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He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2017 World U18 Championships Nairobi, Kenya 1st400 m hurdles49.27
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 1st400 m hurdles 49.42
2019 African U20 Championships Abidjan, Ivory Coast1st400 m hurdles50.35
Universiade Naples, Italy2nd400 m hurdles 48.73
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:03.23
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 400 m hurdles DQ
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 15th (sf)400 m hurdles 48.99
2022 African Championships Saint Pierre, Mauritius 1st400 m hurdles 49.42
World Championships Eugene, United States 20th (sf)400 m hurdles 50.22

Personal bests

Outdoor

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References

  1. Sokwakhana Zazini at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Paulo André Camilo completes sprint double at World University Games". athleticsweekly.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. "Athletics ZAZINI Sokwakhana". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.