Personal information | |
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Nationality | South African |
Born | 17 February 2005 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprint |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 100m: 11.22 (Potchefstroom, 2022) 200m: 22.96 (Pretoria, 2024) |
Viwe Jingqi (born 17 February 2005) is a South African track and field athlete. In 2024 she became South African national champion over 100 metres. [1]
Born in Engcobo, a rural village in the Eastern Cape to her mother Nothando and father Zweledinga, she attended TuksSport High School in Pretoria. Her older brother Vukile died in a car accident in 2021. [2] [3]
She trained at the University of Pretoria before with her sprint coach Paul Gorries at North-West University, she was South African U18 champion over both 100 metres and 200 metres in 2022. [4] In August 2022, as a 17-year-old, she qualified for both the 100m and 200m finals at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. The year before previously, aged only 16, she had progressed to the 200m semifinals at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. [5]
She suffered an illness and injury-hit 2023, including the forced removal of her appendix, which limited her capacity for racing. [6] [7]
She won the 100 metres at the South African National championships in April 2024 in a time of 11.23 seconds. [8]
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