Lydia Jele

Lydia Jele
Personal information
Born (1990-06-22) 22 June 1990
Education Generalitat Valenciana Conselleria D'educacio[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 200 metres, 400 metres

Lydia Casey Jele (née Mashila; born 22 June 1990) is a Botswana athlete competing primarily in the 400 metres.[2] She participated in the relay at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. She ran the 400 meters at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified by winning the Botswana Athletics Association Championships.[3]

Her personal bests are 24.55 seconds in the 200 metres (-0.1 m/s, Shenzhen 2011) and 52.65 in the 400 metres (Porto Novo 2012). Jele is a Latter-day Saint.[4]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Botswana
2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 6th 4x400 m relay 3:38.44
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 27th (sf) 200 m 24.77
21st (sf) 400 m 55.06
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 18th (h) 400 m 57.68
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 11th (sf) 400 m 53.60
2nd 4x400 m relay 3:31.27
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 12th (sf) 400 m 53.57
World Championships Moscow, Russia 16th (h) 4x400 m relay 3:38.96
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 7th 200 m 23.77
9th (h) 400 m 53.37
3rd 4x400 m relay 3:40.28
2015 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 13th 4x400 m relay 3:35.76
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 8th 400 m 53.85
2nd 4x400 m relay 3:32.84
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 4th 400 m 52.41
4th 4x400 m relay 3:31.54
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 27th (h) 400 m 52.24

References

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