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Anaso Jobodwana
Anaso Jobodwana in Moscow 2013
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1992-07-30) 30 July 1992 (age 32)
Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event200 metres
College teamJackson State University -Harvey Gang (Honors College member)
Coached byStuart McMillan
Achievements and titles
Personal best200 m 19.87 (Beijing 2015)
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Beijing 200 m
World Relays
Silver medal – second place 2019 Yokohama 4×200 m relay
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan 200 m
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 4x100 m
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat 4x100 m

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.

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]

Athletics Men's 200 Final - 27th Summer Universiade 2013 - Kazan (RUS) Jobodwana takes first

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". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. 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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