Namakoe Nkhasi

Namakoe Nkhasi
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Lesotho
African Championships

Namakoe Nkhasi (born 10 January 1993) is a

10km road race.^[2]

Nkhasi began taking part in South African races in 2013. He took his first prominent victory there in 2016, with a win at the

Two Oceans Half Marathon. He gained his first international selection for Lesotho for the 2016 African Championships in Athletics and delivered national records of 13:21.68 minutes for the 5000 m and 28:06.33 minutes for the 10,000 m. He took sixth in the 5000 m and was a bronze medallist in the 10,000 m.^[3]

He was chosen to represent Lesotho at the 2016 Summer Olympics and ran in the 5000 m heats only.^[4]

In 2017, Nkhasi won the Port Elizabeth 10km in 28:40 - a feat he repeated in 2018, when he won in 28:32. In 2017, he also won the Port Alfred Half marathon in a personal best time of 1:03:05. Nkhasi opened his 2019 season at the Gyeonggi-Do Half Marathon in South Korea, where he placed second, running 1:02:59. This was a personal best at the time.

Nkhasi's 2020 season was curtailed by the COVID-19 Pandemic, but he returned in 2021 to run a half-marathon personal best of 1:02:19 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon, in Port Elizabeth. He was 12th in the race.^[2] In 2022, Nkhasi improved to win the Nelson Mandela Bay Half Marathon in 1:01:01 - his current personal best at the distance.^[5] He was also second at the ABSA RYC Durban 10K in 27:52, also a personal best time.

Personal bests

1500 metres – 3:49.72 min (2013)
5000 metres – 13:21.68 min (2016)
10,000 metres – 28:06.33 min (2016)
10K run – 27:52 min (2022)
Half marathon – 1:01:01 min (2022)
Marathon - 2:19:21 (2021)

All information from World Athletics profile.^[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	6th	5000 m	13:21.68
	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	3rd	10,000 m	28:06.33
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	32nd (h)	5000 m	13:41.92
2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	4th	Half marathon	1:05:58

References

^ Namakoe Nkhasi Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Namakoe NKHASI | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
^ Namakoe Nkhasi. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
^ Namakoe Nkhasi. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.
^ "NMB Half Marathon". results.finishtime.co.za. Retrieved 2023-01-03.

External links

Namakoe Nkhasi at World Athletics

[1] Namakoe Nkhasi Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.

[:0-2] "Namakoe NKHASI | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2023-01-03.

[3] Namakoe Nkhasi. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.

[4] Namakoe Nkhasi. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-21.

[5] "NMB Half Marathon". results.finishtime.co.za. Retrieved 2023-01-03.

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