Akani Simbine

Akani Simbine

Simbine at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality South African
Born (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993
Residence Pretoria
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 100 m
College team Tuks/HPC
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100 m – 9.89 (2016)
200 m – 20.16 (2016)[2]
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  South Africa
African Championships
2016 Durban 4x100 m relay
2016 Durban 100 m

Akani Simbine (born 21 September 1993) is a South African sprinter.[2] He competed in the 100 metres event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] He finished fifth in 9.94 seconds in the 100m final of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on 14 August 2016.[4]

Whilst an Information Science student at University of Pretoria,[1] Simbine equaled the South African record while setting an event record on the 9th of July 2015 in his gold medal winning run at the 2015 Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea.[5] Simbine broke the South African record in 100 m with a time of 9.89 seconds at the Gyulai István Memorial in Székesfehérvár on the 18th July 2016.[6]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "SIMBINE Akani". gwangju2015.kr. 2015 Summer Universiade. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Akani Simbine". IAAF. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "South Africa at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics". IAAF. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Bolt blasts to 100m gold hat-trick". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Universiade 2015 Broken Records". gwangju2015.com. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Christopher Maduewesi (18 July 2016). "Akani Simbine storms to new South African 100m record of 9.89s!". makingofchamps.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.


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