Headercolor: | lightblue |
Gift Leotlela | |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1998 |
Birth Place: | Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Sprint |
Height: | 1.78 m[1] |
Weight: | 74 kg |
Coach: | Werner Prinsloo |
Pb: | 100 meters 9.94 (2021) 15.37 (2020) 20.20 (2017) |
Updated: | 27 August 2016 |
Tlotliso Gift Leotlela (born 12 May 1998) is a South African sprinter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 200 metres race; his time of 20.59 seconds in the heats did not qualify him for the semifinals.[2] [3]
He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metres event.[4]
Representing | ||||||
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2015 | African Youth Championships | Reduit, Mauritius | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 100 m | 10.38 (w) |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 200 m | 20.84 | |||
bgcolor=gold | 1st | Medley relay | 1:53.60 | |||
Commonwealth Youth Games | Apia, Samoa | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 100 m | 10.20 | |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 200 m | 20.56 (w) | |||
2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 4th | 100 m | 10.24 | |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.84 | |||
World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 4th | 100 m | 10.28 | ||
bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 200 m | 20.59 | |||
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 42nd (h) | 200 m | 20.59 | ||
2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.71 |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 11th (sf) | 100 m | 10.03 | ||
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 30th (h) | 100 m | 10.19 | |
6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.10 |