| Mosito Lehata | |
| Birth Date: | 8 April 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Ha Moima, Maseru, Lesotho |
| Height: | 1.74 m[1] |
| Weight: | 73 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 200 metres |
| Coach: | Stéphan Buckland |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Mosito Lehata (born 8 April 1989 in Maseru) is a Mosotho athlete competing in sprinting events.[2] He is the current holder of the Lesotho national record for the 100-meter at 10.11 seconds, and has consistently won the national track championships on shorter tracks. He was eliminated in the first round of the men's 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Lehata found success in the 200 m event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics when he finished in the first round ahead of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and advanced to the semifinals. He set a new national record in the 200 m at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing in 4th, four hundredths of a second behind the bronze medal winner.[3]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 100 m and 200 m events. He finished 4th in his heat for the 100 m with a time of 10.25 seconds and did not qualify for the semifinals.[4] He finished 7th in his heat for the 200 m with a season best time of 20.65 seconds, but did not qualify for the semifinals.[5] He was the flagbearer for Lesotho during the Parade of Nations.[6]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 53rd (h) | 100 m | 11.09 | |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | Delhi, India | 25th (qf) | 100 m | 10.63 | |
| 8th | 200 m | 21.13 | ||||
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 36th (h) | 200 m | 21.031 | |
| All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 19th (sf) | 200 m | 21.91 | ||
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 28th (h) | 60 m | 7.00 | |
| African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 5th | 100 m | 10.40 | ||
| 7th | 200 m | 21.11 | ||||
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 36th (h) | 200 m | 20.74 | ||
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 23rd (sf) | 200 m | 20.68 | |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 4th | 200 m | 20.36 | |
| African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 8th (h) | 200 m | 20.942 | ||
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 48th (h) | 200 m | 21.43 | |
| African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 8th | 100 m | 10.56 | ||
| 2016 | Durban, South Africa | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 100 m | 10.04 (w) | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 32nd (h) | 100 m | 10.25 | ||
| 49th (h) | 200 m | 20.65 | ||||
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | - | 100 m | DQ | |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 27th (sf) | 100 m | 10.503 | |
| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 11th (sf) | 100 m | 10.44 | |
| 10th (sf) | 200 m | 20.87 | ||||
2Disqualified in the semifinals
3Did not finish in the semifinals
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