Lydia Jele

Lydia Jele
Personal information
Born (1990-06-22) 22 June 1990 (age 34)
EducationGeneralitat Valenciana Conselleria D'educacio[1]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)200 metres, 400 metres
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Botswana
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2023 Accra Mixed 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Accra 4x400 m relay
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Porto Novo 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Marrakesh 4x400 m relay

Lydia Casey Jele (née Mashila; born 22 June 1990) is a Botswana athlete competing primarily in the 400 metres.[2] She participated in the relay at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. She ran the 400 meters at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified by winning the Botswana Athletics Association Championships.[3]

Her personal bests are 11.51 in the 100 metres, 24.55 in the 200 metres (-0.1 m/s, Shenzhen 2011) and 52.65 in the 400 metres (Porto Novo 2012). Jele is a Latter-day Saint.[4]

  1. ^ "Info System: Schedule". universiade2013.sportresult.com. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  2. ^ Lydia Jele at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Daily News
  4. ^ "LDS Church News Aug. 4, 2016". Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2023.