| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | South African |
| Born | 2 April 1998 Ladysmith, South Africa |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event | 400 m |
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| Personal bests | |
Medal record | |
Zakithi Nene (born 2 April 1998) is a South African sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres.
He won the South African 400 m 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 4 × 400 m 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 also competed in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the Games. [7]
He was selected for the South African relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, where he was a gold medalist in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, running the anchor leg and splitting 43.64 in the final as the South African team set a new national record of 2:57.50 in May 2025. [8] [9] [10] [11] Later that month, he ran 44.46 seconds to finish runner-up to Jacory Patterson in the 400 metres at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2025 Diamond League. [12] He ran a new personal best of 43.76 seconds to win the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi on 31 May 2025. [13] He was runner-up in the 400 metres at the Diamond League event at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025. [14] He finished third in the 400 m in 44.29 seconds at the 2025 London Athletics Meet. [15]
Competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, he ran 44.34 seconds in his heat and 44.20 seconds in his semi-final to qualify for the 400 m final. [16]
He studied economics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in his native South Africa. [17]
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