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Collen Kebinatshipi
Botswanan 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. In 2023, he became the African U20 champion in the 400 metres.[2]
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He won gold in the 400 metres at the 2023 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics in Ndola, Zambia with a championship record time of 44.91 seconds.[3]
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.[4] In April 2022, he lowereed his personal best for the 400 metres to 45.20 seconds.[5] 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.[6][7]
He won the 400m 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.[8][9] 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.[10]
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.[11]
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.[12] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, running a personal best to reach the semi-finals.[13] He also competed in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the Games, winning the silver medal with the Botswana relay team.[14][1][15]
He ran 44.53 seconds to finish third in the 400 metres at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18]
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.[19] 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.[20][21]
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