Tumi Ramokgopa

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Tumi Ramokgopa
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (2007-08-27) 27 August 2007 (age 17)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m hurdles: 13.67 (Pretoria, 2025)
400m hurdles: 57.04 (Pietermaritzburg, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Commonwealth Youth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Port of Spain 100 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Port of Spain 400 m hurdles

Tumi Ramokgopa (born 27 August 2007) is a South African track and field athlete who competes as a hurdler. [1]

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Early life

From Kempton Park, South Africa, she was schooled at Prestige College Hammanskraal. [2] [3]

Career

She is a member of Athletics Gauteng North. [4] In March 2023, she won gold in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles at the South African U18 Championships. [5] She also won the African U18 Championships 400m hurdles and 100m hurdles titles. She won a pair of bronze medals in the 400m and 100m hurdles at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. [6]

In March 2024, she won South African U18 titles in 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles. [7] In April 2024, she won the ASA Grand Prix in Pretoria in 57.84 seconds. [8] That month, she finished third at the senior South African National Championships 400m hurdles in Pietermaritzburg in a time of 57.04 seconds, aged 16 years-old, to set a new South African U18 record. [9] [10]

She finished sixth in the 400m hurdles at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon in June 2024. [11] She competed for South Africa at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2020, reaching the semi-finals. [12]

References

  1. "T.Ramokgopa". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. Whitehead, Mosibodi (February 16, 2024). "'I want to be the reason why there's a change in this world' - Ramokgopa to headline Curro Podium Meet". The Top Runner. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. Laskey, Tanika (3 April 2024). "Teen talent Ramokgopa making her mark in senior ranks". modernathlete.co.za. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  4. Whitehead, Mosibodi (Jan 29, 2025). "'I want to achieve what Zeney has achieved' - Tumi Ramokgopa". The Top Runner. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  5. "Tumi is the sprint queen". Scrolla. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  6. Whitehead, Mosibodi (August 16, 2023). "'I told myself that nothing is gonna stop me from doing what I love' -More medals for Tumi Ramokgopa". The Top Runner. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  7. "ATHLETICS STARS OF TOMORROW ON SHOW AT THE ASA YOUTH, JUNIOR AND U23 TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPS". gsport.co.za. March 24, 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  8. "MIXED RELAY TEAM BREAK SA'S AFRICAN CHAMPS RECORD AT ASA GRAND PRIX". gsport.za. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  9. Botton, Wesley (20 April 2024). "Geldenhuys and Joseph qualify for Paris Olympics". Citizen.co.za. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  10. Botton, Wesley (22 April 2024). "Rising track stars ready to take over from Simbine, Van Niekerk". Citizen.co.za. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  11. "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  12. Mull, Cory (28 August 2024). "World U20 Championship Updates & Results From Day 2: Reid Wins At 100m". Flo Track. Retrieved 11 March 2025.