Victor Ntweng

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Victor Ntweng
Victor Ntweng au Championnats d'Afrique d'athletisme 2024 02.jpg
Ntweng at the 2024 African Championships
Personal information
Full nameVictor Bonnye Ntweng
Nationality Botswana
Born (1995-12-01) 1 December 1995 (age 29)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
 400 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400mH: 48.54 (Tokyo, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Douala 400 m hurdles
African Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Accra 400 m hurdles

Victor Bonnye Ntweng (born 1 December 1995) is a track and field athlete. He is a former national record holder over 400 metres hurdles for Botswana. [1]

Contents

Career

A member of Maun BDF athletics club he is coached by Kebonyemodisa Mosimanyane. [2] [3] Ntweng was initially a 400 metres flat runner before transitioning to 400m hurdles. He set a new national record time of 49.80 seconds for the 400m hurdles in 2022. [4] He finished seventh at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics in Saint Pierre, Mauritius in June 2022. [5] He was selected to represent Botswana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [6]

In February 2024, he lowered his personal best and national record to 49.14 seconds. [7] He won a silver medal at the 2023 African Games in Accra in 49.38 seconds. [8]

In June 2024, he won gold in the 400 metres hurdles at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon. [9] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, in the 400 metres hurdles. [10]

He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025. [11] Selected for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, he was a semi-finalist in the men's 400 metres hurdles, running a personal best 48.54 seconds in the preliminary round. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Victor Ntweng". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Botswana: Mosimanyane - Man On Golden Mission". All.Africa. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Ramono, Kitso (1 February 2024). "A star is born". The Voice BW. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "NTWENG SETS 400M HURDLES NATIONAL RECORD". Daily News. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 8 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Sekgweng, Baitshepi (3 August 2022). "Redemption time". The Voice BW. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Invitational Track and Field Event". World Athletics. 17 February 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Chepkoech sets championship record and Zango retains title at African Games". World Athletics. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Brume sails to fourth title as Bass Bittaye and Moraa win at African Championships in Douala". World Athletics. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  12. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.


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