Gift Leotlela
Leotlela in 2016
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Born (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998
Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  South Africa
World Relays
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chorzów 4×100 m relay
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Durban4x100 m relay
Updated on 27 August 2016.

Tlotliso Gift Leotlela (born 12 May 1998) is a South African sprinter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 200 metres race; his time of 20.59 seconds in the heats did not qualify him for the semifinals.[2][3]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metres event.[4]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  South Africa
2015 African Youth Championships Reduit, Mauritius 1st 100 m 10.38 (w)
1st 200 m 20.84
1st Medley relay 1:53.60
Commonwealth Youth Games Apia, Samoa 1st 100 m 10.20
1st 200 m 20.56 (w)
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 4th 100 m 10.24
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.84
World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th 100 m 10.28
2nd 200 m 20.59
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 42nd (h) 200 m 20.59
2021 World Relays Chorzów, Poland 1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.71
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 11th (sf) 100 m 10.03
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 30th (h) 100 m 10.19
6th 4 × 100 m relay 38.10

Personal bests

Event Time (seconds) Venue Date
100 metres 9.94 (+1.3 m/s) UJ Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 14 May 2021
200 metres 20.20 Potchefstroom, South Africa 22 April 2017
4x100 metres relay 38.10 Eugene, Oregon 23 July 2022

•All information taken from IAAF profile[5]

References

  1. "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. "Tlotliso Leotlela". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  3. "Men's 200m - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. "Athletics LEOTLELA Gift". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. Tlotliso Gift Leotlela, retrieved 23 June 2018


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