Anaso Jobodwana

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Anaso Jobodwana (born 30 July 1992) is a South African sprinter.^[1] He competed in 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London^[2] where he ran a new personal best of 20.27 seconds to reach the final.

Anaso Jobodwana

Anaso Jobodwana in Moscow 2013

Personal information

Nationality

South African

Born

30 July 1992 (age 32)
Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Height

1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)

Weight

71 kg (157 lb)

Sport

Track and field

Event

200 metres

College team

Jackson State University -Harvey Gang (Honors College member)

Coached by

Stuart McMillan

Achievements and titles

Personal best

200 m 19.87 (Beijing 2015)

Medal record

World Championships

	2015 Beijing	200 m
World Relays
	2019 Yokohama	4×200 m relay
Summer Universiade
	2013 Kazan	100 m
	2013 Kazan	200 m
Commonwealth Games
	2018 Gold Coast	4x100 m
African Games
	2019 Rabat	200 m
	2019 Rabat	4x100 m

In the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Jobodwana won bronze in the 200m final, with a national record time of 19.87s.

Jobodwana competed in the 200 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He finished 4th in his heat with a time of 20.53 seconds. He did not qualify for the semifinals.^[3]

He competed in the men's 200 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Athletics Men's 200 Final – 27th Summer Universiade 2013 – Kazan (RUS) Jobodwana takes first

References

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^ "Anaso Jobodwana". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
^ Morgan, Brad. "Mission2London: Anaso Jobodwana (RSA)". Athletics-Africa.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "Athletics JOBODWANA Anaso". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

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