Anaso Jobodwana

Anaso Jobodwana (born 30 July 1992) is a South African sprinter.[1] He competed in 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London[2] where he ran a new personal best of 20.27 seconds to reach the final.

Anaso Jobodwana
Anaso Jobodwana in Moscow 2013
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1992-07-30) 30 July 1992
Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)200 metres
College teamJackson State University -Harvey Gang (Honors College member)
Coached byStuart McMillan
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200 m 19.87 (Beijing 2015)
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 Beijing200 m
World Relays
Silver medal – second place2019 Yokohama4×200 m relay
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2013 Kazan100 m
Gold medal – first place2013 Kazan200 m
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold Coast4x100 m
African Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Rabat200 m
Bronze medal – third place2019 Rabat4x100 m

In the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Jobodwana won bronze in the 200m final, with a national record time of 19.87s.

Jobodwana competed in the 200 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He finished 4th in his heat with a time of 20.53 seconds. He did not qualify for the semifinals.[3] This South African athlete is yet to soar to even greater heights.

He competed in the men's 200 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

References
  1. "Anaso Jobodwana". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  2. Morgan, Brad. "Mission2London: Anaso Jobodwana (RSA)". Athletics-Africa.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  3. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. "Athletics JOBODWANA Anaso". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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