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| Nickname | School-boy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Botswana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 2003 Kanye, Botswana[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Botswana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Nike | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Letsile Tebogo (Tswana pronunciation: [lɪt͡silɛ tɛbʊχo]; born 7 June 2003)[3] is a sprinter from Botswana. He won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres event, with his win earning the first-ever Olympic gold medal for Botswana. He also won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships in the 100 m and followed it up with a bronze medal in the 200 m five days later.[4]
Tebogo won in the 100 metres and placed second in the 200 metres at both the 2021 and 2022 World Athletics Under-20 Championships. In 2021, he became the first Botswana athlete to claim the 100m title at any World Championships level. He is the 200m 2022 African champion, becoming the youngest winner of this title in competition history. He broke the 300m world best, running a time of 30.69 seconds on February 17, 2024 at altitude in Pretoria, South Africa.[5]
Tebogo has held the world U20 record in the 100m since April 2022. He was the first man from Botswana to break the 10-second barrier.
- ^ a b "TEBOGO Letsile". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Tilastopaja Oy Track and field statistics | Letsile Tebogo". Tilastopaja.eu. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Letsile TEBOGO – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "USA's Noah Lyles wins 100m world title as Hughes seals bronze for GB". The Guardian. The Associated Press. 20 August 2023. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Tebogo breaks world 300m best with 30.69 in Pretoria | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024.