Leaname Maotoanong
Maotoanong at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born9 May 1991 (1991-05-09) (age 32)
Shoshong, Botswana[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)200 m, 400 m
ClubSSKB[2]
Coached byJustice Dipeba[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200 m – 20.58 (2015)
400 m – 45.63 (2015)[3]
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Botswana
African Games
Silver medal – second place2015 Brazzaville4x400 m relay
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Marrakech4x400 m relay
Gold medal – first place2016 Durban4x400 m relay

Leaname Maotoanong (born 9 May 1991) is a sprinter from Botswana competing in the 200 and 400 metres.[3] He won a silver medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade. He won the gold medal with the Botswana 4 × 400 metres relay team setting the new national record of 3:01.89.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Botswana
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 15th (sf) 200 m 21.22
1st 4×400 m relay 3:01.89
2015 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 8th 4×400 m relay 3:03.73
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 2nd 400 m 45.63
8th (h) 4×400 m relay 3:09.86[4]
World Championships Beijing, China 9th (h) 4×400 m relay 2:59.95
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 11th (sf) 400 m 45.99
2nd 4×400 m relay 3:00.95
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.20
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 5th 4 × 400 m relay 2:59.06
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.78
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 28th (h) 200 m 21.65
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 7th 200 m 21.04
5th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 39.91

References

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  1. ↑ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 Leaname Maotoanong Archived 19 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  3. 1 2 Leaname Maotoanong at World Athletics
  4. ↑ Disqualified in the final


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