Lydia Jele Explained

Lydia Jele
Sport:Track and field
Event:200 metres, 400 metres
Birth Date:22 June 1990
Height:1.72 m
Education:Generalitat Valenciana Conselleria D'educacio[1]

Lydia Casey Jele (née Mashila; born 22 June 1990) is a Botswana athlete competing primarily in the 400 metres. She participated in the relay at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. She ran the 400 meters at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified by winning the Botswana Athletics Association Championships.[2]

Her personal bests are 11.51 in the 100 metres, 24.55 in the 200 metres (-0.1 m/s, Shenzhen 2011) and 52.65 in the 400 metres (Porto Novo 2012). Jele is a Latter-day Saint.[3]

Competition record

Representing
2010Commonwealth GamesDelhi, India6th4x400 m relay3:38.44
2011UniversiadeShenzhen, China27th (sf)200 m24.77
21st (sf)400 m55.06
All-Africa GamesMaputo, Mozambique18th (h)400 m57.68
2012African ChampionshipsPorto Novo, Benin11th (sf)400 m53.60
bgcolor=silver2nd4x400 m relay3:31.27
2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia12th (sf)400 m53.57
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia16th (h)4x400 m relay3:38.96
2014African ChampionshipsMarrakech, Morocco7th200 m23.77
9th (h)400 m53.37
3rd4x400 m relay3:40.28
2015IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas13th4x400 m relay3:35.76
African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo8th400 m53.85
bgcolor=silver2nd4x400 m relay3:32.84
2016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africa4th400 m52.41
4th4x400 m relay3:31.54
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil27th (h)400 m52.24
2017IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas6th4x400 m relay3:30.13
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom13th (sf)400 m51.57
7th4x400 m relay3:28.00
2022African ChampionshipsPort Louis, Mauritius6th400 m53.58
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary14th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:31.85
2024African GamesAccra, Ghana7th400 m53.05
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:33.44
African ChampionshipsDouala, Cameroon5th400 m52.72
4th4 × 400 m relay3:33.13

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Info System: Schedule. universiade2013.sportresult.com. 9 October 2023.
  2. https://dailynews.gov.bw/news-detail/27552 Daily News
  3. Web site: LDS Church News Aug. 4, 2016. 9 October 2023.