Mbulaeni Mulaudzi

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi

Mulaudzi at the 2007 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	South African
Born	(1980-09-08)8 September 1980 Muduluni, South Africa
Died	24 October 2014(2014-10-24) (aged 34) eMalahleni, South Africa
Sport
Sport	Track
Event	800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 metres: 1:42.86[1] 1500 metres: 3:38.5[1]
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  South Africa Olympic Games 2004 Athens 800 m World Championships 2009 Berlin 800 m 2003 Paris 800 m IAAF World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest 800 m 2006 Moskva 800 m 2008 Valencia 800 m Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 800 m African Championships 2000 Algiers 800 m 2002 Rades 800 m All-Africa Games 2003 Abuja 800 m 2007 Algiers 800 m Representing Africa IAAF World Cup 2006 Athens 800 m

Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi OIB (8 September 1980 – 24 October 2014) was a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres.

His first global medal was a silver at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics.^[2] He later won a bronze at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, which came a year after his victory at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Mulaudzi was a gold medallist at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships and won two further silver medals at the competition in 2006 and 2008. He was a runner-up at continental level on three occasions, taking the 800 m silver at the African Championships in Athletics in 2000 and at the All-Africa Games in 2003 and 2007.^[2] He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he became an Olympic silver medallist.

His personal best for the 800 m was 1:42.86 minutes. He ranked first on time in the 2006 and 2007 seasons, becoming the first Black South African to achieve such a feat.^[3]