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Collen Kebinatshipi
Motswana athlete (born 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Busang Collen Kebinatshipi (born 13 February 2004) is a track and field athlete from Botswana. He is the reigning World Champion in the 400 metres having won the title at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. He also ran the anchor leg as Botswana won the gold medal in the men's 4 × 400 relay at the championships. He was a silver medalist in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2024 Olympic Games.
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Junior athlete and senior debut
Kebinatshipi was part of the Botswana men’s 4 × 400 m relay team that won gold at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.[2] In April 2022, he lowered his personal best for the 400 metres to 45.20 seconds.[3] In August 2022, he won gold medals as part of the Botswana men's 4 × 400 m relay team and the mixed 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2022 African Championships.[4][5]
He won the 400 m at the 2023 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics in Ndola, Zambia, in April 2023, running a championship record time of 44.91 seconds.[6][7] In June 2023, he ran 45.01 to win an international meeting in Hengelo, Netherlands beating an international field, including the likes of Vernon Norwood and Zakithi Nene.[8]
Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he lowered his personal best in the 400 metres to 44.80 to qualify for the semi-final.[9]
2024: Olympic medalist
He ran as part of the victorious Botswanan 4 × 400 m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, running a personal best time to reach the semi-finals.[11] He also competed in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the Games, winning the silver medal with the Botswana relay team.[12][1][13]
2025: World Champion
He ran 44.53 seconds to finish third in the 400 metres at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.[14] He also finished third in the 400 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025, in a time of 44.63 seconds.[15] He ran 44.51 seconds the place third in the 400 metres at the Diamond League event at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025.[16]
In April 2025, Kebinatshipi finished second in the 200 metres event at the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix, which qualified him for the World Championships.[17] In July 2025, he placed second over 200 metres in the men's U23 race at the 2025 Herculis, behind race winner Gout Gout, running 20.28 seconds.[18] He placed seventh over 400 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[19]
In September 2025, he became the world champion over 400 metres competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. He ran a season's best 44.48 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals, before winning his semi-final in a personal best 43.61 seconds. The final he won in another personal best and Botswana national record of 43.53 seconds.[20] He later won a gold medal as part of the Botswana team in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay.[21]
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