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.
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2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 26th (h) | 100 m | 10.72 | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.70 | ||||
2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 11th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.72 | |
2012 | African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 14th (sf) | 100 m | 10.61 | |
bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.26 | |||
2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 4th | 100 m | 10.45 | |
9th (sf) | 200 m | 20.99 | ||||
2018 | African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 13th (sf) | 100 m | 10.63 |