Roscoe Engel Explained

Roscoe Engel (born 6 March 1989 in Cape Town[1]) is a South African sprinter.

His personal bests are 10.06 in the 100 metres (+1.7 m/s, Pretoria 2018) and 20.44 in the 200 metres (+1.8 m/s, Pretoria 2018).

He also set a time of 15.17 over 150 meters (−0.3 m/s, Pretoria 2018) to beat Justin Gatlin the then reigning World 100m Champion.

Competition record

Representing
2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland26th (h)100 m10.72
3rd4 × 100 m relay39.70
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea11th (h)4 × 100 m relay38.72
2012African ChampionshipsPorto Novo, Benin14th (sf)100 m10.61
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 100 m relay39.26
2015African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo4th100 m10.45
9th (sf)200 m20.99
2018African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria13th (sf)100 m 10.63

Notes and References

  1. http://www.back-track.co.za/articles/2015/engel-to-fly-high-in-2015/ Engel to fly high