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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 studied economics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in his native South Africa. [3]
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