| 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 won the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.[10]
He attends North-West University.[11]