| Tshepiso Masalela | |
| Nationality: | Botswana |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 800m, 1500m |
| Birth Date: | 25 May 1999 |
| Pb: | 800m: 1:42.82 (Paris, 2024) 1500m: 3:44.23 (Maun, 2020) |
Tshepiso Masalela (born 25 May 1999) is a middle-distance runner from Botswana. He is a multiple time national champion in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.[1]
At the 2022 African Championships he won his heat in the 800 metres in 1:48.69.[2] He followed this up by winning the bronze medal in the final.[3]
In 2023, he lowered his 800 meters personal best to 1:45.24.[4] At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he qualified for the finals of the 800m, placing 6th.[5]
In February 2024, Masalela set a national indoor record of 1:45.56 for the 800 metres in Metz.[6] He ran at the 2024 World Indoors Athletics Championships in Glasgow where he reached the semi-finals.[7] In April 2024 he came third in the 800 meters during the 2024 Diamond League Xiamen meeting and set a new PB of 1:43.88. He finished fourth in the 800 meters at the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in May [8] and third at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm.[9]
He competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, playing seventh in the final and running a personal best time.[10]