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Letsile Tebogo (Tswana pronunciation: [lɪt͡silɛ tɛbʊχo]; born 7 June 2003) 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.
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.
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.




Career


Letsile Tebogo gained his first international experience at the age of 17 at the 2021 World Athletics Relays held in May in Chorzów, Poland. In August, he competed at the World Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, winning the 100 metres and finishing second in the 200 metres.
On 19 February 2022, the 18-year-old set a new national record in the 100m at the Botswana Athletics Championships with a time of 10.08 seconds. Two months later, he became the first man from Botswana to break the 10-second barrier at the event as he clocked a time of 9.96 seconds at the Gaborone International Meet, setting a new world under-20 record. On 15 July, he further improved his record in his debut race at the World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, with a time of 9.94 seconds. The following month, he broke his own record again, clocking a 9.91 second performance in the final of the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. At the end of the race he celebrated early, drawing comparisons to 100m and 200m world records holder Usain Bolt.
On 8 August 2024, Tebogo won the 200m final at the Paris Olympics, earning the first-ever gold medal for Botswana with a time of 19.46s. His victory led to a holiday being declared in Botswana to celebrate his feat on the afternoon of 9 August. The government of Botswana also awarded him two houses in recognition of his victory.




Achievements






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= Circuit wins and titles

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Diamond League
2023: Lausanne Athletissima (200 m)
2024: Monaco Herculis (200 m), Lausanne Athletissima (200 m), Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (200 m), Rome Golden Gala (100 m), Zürich Weltklasse (200 m)
World Athletics Continental Tour
2023: Botswana Golden Grand Prix (200 m)
2024: Grand Prix Lombardia Brescia (200 m)




See also


List of Botswana records in athletics




Notes






References






External links


Letsile Tebogo at World Athletics

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Botswana pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2024
• Atletik pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2024
• Letsile Tebogo
• Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
• Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
• Botswana at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Botswana
• Botswana at the Olympics
• 200 metres
• Noah Lyles
• Tebogo
• Erriyon Knighton