Tebello Ramakongoana

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Tebello Ramakongoana
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Ramakongoana in 2023
Personal information
Born (1996-10-13) 13 October 1996 (age 27)
Mohlapiso, Maseepho Community Council, Qacha's Nek, Lesotho
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Marathon: 2:07:58 (Paris, 2024)

Tebello Ramakongoana (born 13 October 1996) is a long-distance runner from Lesotho. He was fourth in the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. [1]

Career

He comes from Mohlapiso, Maseepho in the Qacha's Nek District of Lesotho and is a member of Xcel Running Club. [2]

He competed in 2023 with a Lesotho National Olympics Committee (LNOC) athletics scholarship. [3] In March 2023, he won the Durban Marathon. [4] In 2023, he also set a new Lesotho national half Marathon record with a run of 1:00:35 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon in Gqeberha. [5]

He finished in fourth place in the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in a personal best time of 2:09:57. [6]

In February 2024, he set a new national record time of 2:08:09 at the Osaka Marathon. [7] He won the Lilac Bloomsday Run in Spokane, Washington in May 2024. [8]

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References

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