Selloane Joyce Tsoaeli (born 10 July 1977) is a female track and field athlete from Lesotho who competes in the heptathlon and the high jump. She was the high jump gold medallist at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics and was a heptathlon bronze medallist at the same event. She also took heptathlon bronze at the 2011 All-Africa Games.
Tsoaeli represented Lesotho at the World Championships in Athletics (2007, 2009) and at the Commonwealth Games (2002, 2010, 2014).[1] [2] She was her nation's flag bearer at the 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
Her personal bests of 5588 points for the heptathlon and for the high jump are Lesotho national records. She also holds the national marks in the 100 metres hurdles, long jump, triple jump, shot put and javelin throw.
All information from All-Athletics.[3]
1999 | All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | — | High jump | ||
2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 15th | Long jump | 5.49 m | |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 8th (heats) | 100 m | 13.29 | |
2008 | African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 4th | Heptathlon | 4404 pts | |
2009 | African Combined Events Championships | Réduit, Mauritius | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Heptathlon | 5116 pts |
World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 43rd (heats) | 200 m | 28.34 | ||
2010 | African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | bgcolor=gold | 1st | High jump | 1.75 m |
3rd | Heptathlon | 5302 pts | ||||
Commonwealth Games | New Delhi, India | 10th | High jump | 1.78 m | ||
— | Heptathlon | |||||
IAAF Continental Cup | Split, Croatia | 7th | High jump | 1.78 m | ||
2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 6th | High jump | 1.70 m | |
3rd | Heptathlon | 5590 pts | ||||
2012 | African Combined Events Championships | Réduit, Mauritius | 3rd | Heptathlon | 5194 pts | |
African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | — | Heptathlon | |||