| Bradley Nkoana | |
| Honorific Suffix: | OLY |
| Birth Name: | Bradley Botshelo Nkoana |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Sprint |
| Birth Date: | 29 January 2005 |
| Pb: | 60m: 6.64 (Potchefstroom, 2024) 100m: 10.20 (Mannheim, 2022) 200m: 20.88 (Potchefstroom, 2024) |
Bradley Botshelo Nkoana (born 29 January 2005) is a South African sprinter.[1] He won silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics as part of South Africa's 4 x 100 metres relay team.
He attended Potchefstroom High School for Boys whereafter he went on to University of Pretoria.[2]
He ran in March 2020 at the Gauteng North junior Championships but then missed 18 months of action due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and then a hamstring injury and a fractured heel.[2]
In April 2022, Nkoana won a silver medal in the men’s senior 100m at the ASA Senior Track & Field National Championships at the age of 17 years-old.[3] In July 2022, he ran a personal best of 10.20 seconds for the 100 metres in Mannheim.[4] In 2022, he was nominated for South African Junior Athlete of the Year.[5]
He finished third at the South African Athletics Championships over 100 metres in April 2024, running a time of 10.29 seconds.[6] He ran as part of the South African 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[7] In June 2024, he was selected for the South African team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8] [9]
On 9 August 2024, Nkoana won an Olympic silver medal as part of South Africa's 4 x 100 metres relay team at the Paris Olympics while still only 19 years old.
He attends North-West University.[10]