Letsile Tebogo facts for kids
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Tebogo at the 2023 World Athletics Championships
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| Nickname(s) | School-boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 2003 Kanye, Botswana |
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| Height | 1.84 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Botswana |
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Nike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Letsile Tebogo (Tswana pronunciation: [lɪt͡silɛ tɛbʊχo]; born 7 June 2003) is a Motswana sprinter. He won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 200 metres event, becoming the second African to achieve that feat. His win earned him 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.
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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 race 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.
Achievements
Personal bests
| Distance | Time (s) | Wind | Location | Date | Notes |
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| 100 meters | 9.86 | +1.0 m/s | Paris, France | August 4, 2024 | NR |
| 200 meters | 19.46 | Paris, France | August 8, 2024 | NR, AR | |
| 300 meters | 30.69 | Pretoria, South Africa | February 17, 2024 | WB | |
| 400 meters | 44.29 | Pretoria, South Africa | March 18, 2024 | ||
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| 100 meters | 9.91 | +0.8 m/s | Cali, Colombia | August 2, 2022 | World under-20 record |
| 200 meters | 19.96 | -1.0 m/s | Cali, Colombia | August 4, 2022 | AU20R |
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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| 2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 13th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.55 | SB |
| World U20 Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | 100 m | 10.19 | ||
| 2nd | 200 m | 20.38 | ||||
| 2022 | African Championships | Saint Pierre, Mauritius | 1st | 200 m | 20.26 | |
| – (f) | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | ||||
| World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 16th (sf) | 100 m | 10.17 | (h: WU20R NR ) | |
| World U20 Championships | Cali, Colombia | 1st | 100 m | 9.91 | CR WU20R NR | |
| 2nd | 200 m | 19.96 | CR | |||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | 100 m | 9.88 | NR |
| 3rd | 200 m | 19.81 | ||||
| 2024 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:59.11 | |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 6th | 100 m | 9.86 | NR | |
| 1st | 200 m | 19.46 | AR | |||
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 2:54.53 | AR |
Circuit wins and titles
- Diamond League
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- 2023: Lausanne Athletissima (200 m)
See also
In Spanish: Letsile Tebogo para niños
- List of Botswana records in athletics
