Sokwakhana Zazini Explained

Sokwakhana Zazini
Birth Date:	23 January 2000
Birth Place:	Burgersdorp
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	400 m hurdles

Sokwakhana Zazini (born 23 January 2000) is a South African athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He won gold medals at the 2017 World U18 Championships and the 2018 World U20 Championships. In 2019, he won a silver medal at the Universiade.^[1]

He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[2]

International competitions

Representing
2017	World U18 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	49.27
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	49.42
2019	African U20 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	50.35
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	bgcolor=silver	2nd	400 m hurdles	48.73
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.23
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	–	400 m hurdles	DQ
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	15th (sf)	400 m hurdles	48.99
2022	African Championships	Saint Pierre, Mauritius	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	49.42
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	20th (sf)	400 m hurdles	50.22

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 400 metres – 45.86 (Paarl 2018)
• 400 metres hurdles – 48.73 (Napoli 2019)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paulo André Camilo completes sprint double at World University Games . athleticsweekly.com . 2019-07-11.
2. Web site: Athletics ZAZINI Sokwakhana. dead. 2021-08-16. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 16 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816034001/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1705525-zazini-sokwakhana.htm.