Baboloki Thebe

Baboloki Tirelo Thebe (born 18 March 1997) is a Botswana track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. He was a silver medallist in the 200 metres at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. He reached the semi-finals at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics.^[2] He made a breakthrough in the 400 m in May 2016 with a run of 44.22 seconds, placing him third on the global seasonal lists and moving him into the all-time top 30 for the event.^[3][4] He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[5] His personal best in 400 meters is 44.02, which he ran in July 2017^[6]

Baboloki Thebe

Thebe in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1997-03-18) March 18, 1997 (age 28) Ramonaka, Botswana[1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country	Botswana
Sport	Track and field
Event	400 metres
Coached by	Mogomotsi Otsetswe
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Botswana Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×400 m relay African Championships 2016 Durban 400 m 2016 Durban 4x400 m relay 2018 Asaba 400 m Summer Youth Olympics 2014 Nanjing 200 m Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava 400 m

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2014	African Youth Games	Gaborone, Botswana	3rd	100 m	10.65
			1st	200 m	20.85
	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	17th (sf)	200 m	21.28
			10th	4 × 100 m relay	40.53
			5th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.801
	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	2nd	200 m	21.20
2015	African Junior Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	7th (h)	100 m	11.063
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	1st	400 m	44.69
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.20
	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2nd (h)	400 m	46.252
			13th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	40.41
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.81
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14th (h)	400 m	45.413
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.06
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.28
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	4th	400 m	44.66
			14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:06.50
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	2nd	400 m	45.09
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.78
	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	1st	400 m	44.81
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	–	200 m	DNF
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	2:57.27
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.421

¹: Disqualified in the final
²: Disqualified in the semifinals
³: Did not start in the semifinals