Onkabetse Nkobolo

Onkabetse Nkobolo (born 23 July 1993) is a Botswana sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[2] He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing narrowly missing the semifinals. In addition, he won two medals at the 2015 African Games. His personal bests in the event are 45.10 seconds outdoors (Brazzaville 2015) and 46.86 seconds indoors (San Sebastián 2015).

Onkabetse Nkobolo
Personal information
Born (1993-07-23) 23 July 1993
Francistown, Botswana[1]
EducationUniversidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres
Coached byMogomotsi Otsetswe
Medal record
Representing  Botswana
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Brazzaville 400 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Durban4x400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold Coast4x400 m relay

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Botswana
2011 African Junior Championships Gaborone, Botswana 17th (h) 800 m 1:55.20
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 5th (h) 400 m 46.781
2015 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.73
World Championships Beijing, China 23rd (h) 400 m 45.17
9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.95
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 3rd 400 m 45.50
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:00.95
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.20
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.06
2017 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.28
World Championships London, United Kingdom 14th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:06.50
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.78
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 6th 400 m 46.83
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 1st 4 × 400 m relay 38.80
World Championships Doha, Qatar – 4 × 400 m relay DQ

1Did not finish in the semifinals

References
  1. 2018 CWG bio
  2. Onkabetse Nkobolo at World Athletics. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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