 Masalela at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the 800 metres final | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Botswana | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800m, 1500m | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:42.82 (Paris, 2024) 1500m: 3:44.23 (Maun, 2020) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tshepiso Masalela (born 25 May 1999) is a middle-distance runner from Botswana. He is a multiple time national champion in the 800 metres and 1500 metres. [1]
At the 2022 African Championships he won his heat in the 800 metres in 1:48.69. [2] He followed this up by winning the bronze medal in the final. [3]
In 2023, he lowered his 800 meters personal best to 1:45.24. [4] At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he qualified for the finals of the 800m, placing 6th. [5]
In February 2024, Masalela set a national indoor record of 1:45.56 for the 800 metres in Metz. [6] He ran at the 2024 World Indoors Athletics Championships in Glasgow where he reached the semi-finals. [7] In April 2024 he came third in the 800 meters during the 2024 Diamond League Xiamen meeting and set a new PB of 1:43.88. He finished fourth in the 800 meters at the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in May [8] and third at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm. [9]
He competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, playing seventh in the final and running a personal best time. [10]
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