Ndabili Bashingili

Ndabili Bashingili (born 28 December 1979 in Semitwe) is a Botswana marathon runner.[1] Bashingili made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he placed twenty-fifth out of a hundred runners in the men's marathon, with a time of 2:18:09.

Ndabili Bashingili
Personal information
Nationality Botswana
Born (1979-12-28) 28 December 1979
Semitwe, Botswana
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1โ„2 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Half-marathon: 1:04:18 (2002)
Marathon: 2:17:43 (2003)

Four years after competing in his last Olympics, Bashingili qualified for the second time, as a 29-year-old, in the men's marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He successfully finished the race in fifty-ninth place by eight seconds behind Tanzania's Samson Ramadhani, with a time of 2:25:11.[2]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ndabili Bashingili". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  2. "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2013.


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