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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 April 1998 Ladysmith, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zakithi Nene (born 2 April 1998) is a South African sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres.
He won the South African 400m national title in 2021 and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through his world ranking. [1] He competed in the 400 metres where he ran a time of 45.74 seconds. [2]
He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [3] He finished third in the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024. [4]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-finals. [5] [6]
He studied economics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in his native South Africa. [7]
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