Shaun Maswanganyi
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| Full name | Phatutshedzo Shaun Maswanganyi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 February 2001 Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Houston Cougars | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Carl Lewis | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Phatutshedzo “Shaun” Maswanganyi (born 1 February 2001) is a South African track and field athlete.
Personal life
Born in Soweto, he attended St Alban’s College in Pretoria and he is now an attendee at the University of Houston.
Career
At the 2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, he won the silver medal in the 100 metres and the gold medal in the 200 metres. He’s the current South African 60m Indoor U20 National Record holder (6.65) and current South African U20 National 100m record holder (10.06).[1] In The American Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Maswanganyi ran the 100m in 9.87 seconds which would have been a new South African senior record had it not been wind assisted. He won gold in the 200m running a wind assisted 19.93 seconds.[2] On 31 May 2021 he secured a double qualification for both the 100m and 200m events for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[3]
Maswanganyi ran a new 100m personal best time of 9.91s to finish third at the NCAA Championship final in June 2023 in Austin, Texas.[4]
Competing in the 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in 2023 he qualified for the semi finals.[5]
References
- ^ "Maswanganyi breaks SA junior 100m record". supersport.com. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "WATCH: New sprint sensation Shaun Maswanganyi denied SA 100m record in the US". www.iol.co.za.
- ^ staff, Sport24. "SA's new sprint star Shaun Maswanganyi qualifies for double at July's Olympics". Sport.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Battaglia, Joe (10 June 2023). "Courtney Lindsey of Texas Tech Dips To Win 100m Title At NCAA Championships". Flotrack. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Men's 200m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
External links
- Shaun Maswanganyi at World Athletics
- Shaun Maswanganyi profile at TFRRS (Track & Field Results Reporting System)
- Houston Cougars bio
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