Tshepiso Masalela
 Masalela at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the 800 metres final | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Botswana | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800m, 1500m | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800 m: 1:42.70 (Rabat 2025) 1500 m: 3:30.71 NR (Cape Town 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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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. He was a finalist over 800 metres at the 2024 Olympic Games and 2025 World Championships.[1]
Biography
[edit]Masalela is a native of Maun, Botswana.[2] At the 2022 African Championships he won his heat in the 800 metres in 1:48.69.[3] He followed this up by winning the bronze medal in the final.[4] In 2023, he lowered his 800 meters personal best to 1:45.24.[5] At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he qualified for the finals of the 800m, placing 6th.[6]
In February 2024, Masalela set a national indoor record of 1:45.56 for the 800 metres in Metz.[7] He ran at the 2024 World Indoors Athletics Championships in Glasgow where he reached the semi-finals.[8] 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 [9] and third at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm.[10]
He competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, placing seventh in the final, and running a personal best time of 1:42.82.[11]
On 12 April 2025, he finished runner up over 800m to Kethobogile Haingura on the World Athletics Continental tour in Gaborone.[12] In May 2025, he won the 800 metres race at the 2025 Doha Diamond League, running an early world leading time of 1:43.11.[13] The following week, he lowered his early world leading time to win the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat ahead of Max Burgin and Emmanuel Wanyonyi.[14][15] He placed fifth over 800 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[16]
Masalela was a finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025 in the men's 800 metres, running 1:42.77 in the final, the first 800m race in history in which all eight competitors ran under 1:43.[17][18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tshepiso Masalela". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Is Masalela Botswana's Rising 800m Star?". Botswana Gazette. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ Vaselyne, John (June 8, 2022). "Elias Ngeny runs the fastest time in 800m race in Mauritius". athletics.co.ke. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ Wachira, Lynne (10 June 2022). "African Athletics Championships: Tobi Amusan and Ferdinand Omanyala strike gold again". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ Kolantsho, Calistus (August 22, 2023). "Masalela takes to the track tonight". mmegi.bw. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Men's 800m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Bol beats 50 seconds for 400m and breaks national 200m record in Metz". World Athletics. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Men's 800m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Robert (June 2, 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Men's 800m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Tebogo, Simbine and Muhammad impress in Gaborone". World Athletics. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Caudery wins pole vault at Diamond League in Doha". BBC Sport. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Burgin sets personal best at Diamond League Rabat". BBC Sport. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "MAX BURGIN EXCELS IN RABAT WITH 1:43.34 PB FOR 800M". Athletics Weekly. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ Collett, Jasmine (28 August 2025). "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Wanyonyi runs championship record to win world 800m title in Tokyo". World Athletics. 20 Sep 2025. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
