Sokwakhana Zazini

Sokwakhana Zazini

Personal information
Born	(2000-01-23) January 23, 2000 (age 25) Burgersdorp
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 m hurdles
Medal record African Championships 2022 Mauritius 400 m hurdles World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere 400 m hurdles Summer Universiade 2019 Napoli 400 m hurdles 2019 Napoli 4 × 400 m relay World U18 Championships 2017 Nairobi 400 m hurdles African U20 Championships 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]

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

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   South Africa
2017	World U18 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	400 m hurdles	49.27
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	400 m hurdles	49.42
2019	African U20 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	1st	400 m hurdles	50.35
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	2nd	400 m hurdles	48.73
			2nd	4 × 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	1st	400 m hurdles	49.42
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	20th (sf)	400 m hurdles	50.22

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 400 metres – 45.86 (Paarl 2018)
• 400 metres hurdles – 48.73 (Napoli 2019)

References

1. Sokwakhana Zazini at World Athletics
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.

External links

• Sokwakhana Zazini at World Athletics