Zakithi Nene
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Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ladysmith, South Africa | 2 April 1998||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zakithi Nene (born 2 April 1998) is a South African sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres.
He won the South African 400m national title in 2021 and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through his world ranking.[1] He competed in the 400 metres where he ran a time of 45.74 seconds.[2]
He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[3]
Personal life[edit]
He studied economics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in his native South Africa.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ballito's 400m Olympian Zakithi Nene prepares to race in Tokyo". 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results". olympics.com.
- ^ "4X400 METRES RELAY". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Athletics NENE Zakithi - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com.
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Categories:
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for South Africa
- South African male sprinters
- People from Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal
- Sportspeople from KwaZulu-Natal
- University of KwaZulu-Natal alumni
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Africa
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- South African athletics biography stubs