Xolile Yawa

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Xolile Yawa (born 29 September 1962 in Lady Frere, Eastern Cape) is a retired athlete from South Africa - ZA. He specialised in long-distance running, including marathons.

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He is best known as the winner of 1993 Berlin Marathon. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he was 13th at men's 10,000 metres. [1] He also represented South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics. At the 1992 African Championships in Athletics, he won Bronze at 10000 metres.

At the South African national championships, he won the 10,000 metres track event nine times (1985–1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) and Half marathon twice (1986 and 1988). [2]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1992 World Half Marathon Championships Newcastle, United Kingdom 11thHalf marathon 1:01:48
1993 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 14thMarathon2:15:28
Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 1stMarathon2:10:57
1994 Seoul Marathon Seoul, South Korea 7thMarathon2:11:54
Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 21stMarathon2:17:05
1995 London Marathon London, United Kingdom4thMarathon2:10:22
Berlin Marathon Berlin, Germany 6thMarathon2:11:56
1997 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 7thMarathon2:13:38
World Championships Athens, Greece 12thMarathon 2:18:37
1999 Reims à Toutes Jambes Reims, France 8thMarathon2:14:03
2000 Houston Marathon Houston, United States 6thMarathon2:16:24

References

  1. ↑ Full Olympians: Athletics - Men's 10000 m 1988-2000
  2. ↑ GBR athletics: South African championships Archived 27 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine


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