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Full name | Victor Bonnye Ntweng | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Botswana | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 December 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal bests | 400m hurdles: 49.14 (Gaborone, 2024) NR | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Victor Bonnye Ntweng (born 1 December 1995) is a track and field athlete. He is national record holder over 400 metres hurdles for Botswana. [1]
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]