Sibusiso Matsenjwa
200 m | |
| Club | Royal Swaziland Police[5] |
|---|---|
| Coached by | Muzi Mabuza[5] |
Sibusiso Bruno Matsenjwa (born 2 May 1988) is a sprinter from
Eswatini.[6] He competed in the 200 metres at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, but failed to reach the finals. He broke the national record on both occasions and served as the flag bearer for Eswatini during the opening ceremony in 2016.[7] Matsenjwa holds national records
over 100–400 m distances. He represented his country at three outdoor and three indoor world championships. Sibusiso also competed at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
He competed in the men's 200m at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[8]
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Eswatini
| |||||
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany
|
55th (h) | 200 m | 21.93 |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar
|
45th (h) | 60 m | 7.39 |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea
|
47th (h) | 200 m | 21.29 |
| All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique
|
18th (sf) | 100 m | 10.43 | |
| 7th | 200 m | 21.08 | |||
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey
|
31st (h) | 60 m | 7.04 |
| African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin
|
30th (h) | 100 m | 10.91 | |
| 16th (h) | 200 m | 21.21 | |||
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom
|
40th (h) | 200 m | 20.93 | |
| 2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia
|
16th (qf) | 100 m | 10.53 |
| 8th | 200 m | 20.99 | |||
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland
|
34th (h) | 60 m | 6.88 |
| Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom
|
33rd (h) | 100 m | 10.56 | |
| 29th (h) | 200 m | 21.08 | |||
| African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco
|
21st (sf) | 100 m | 10.80 | |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China
|
41st (h) | 200 m | 20.78 |
| African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
|
13th (sf) | 100 m | 10.46 | |
| 6th | 200 m | 20.93 | |||
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 44th (h) | 60 m | 6.95 |
| African Championships | Durban, South Africa
|
7th (h) | 200 m | 21.081 | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
47th (h) | 200 m | 20.63 | |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom
|
32nd (h) | 200 m | 20.67 |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
30th (h) | 60 m | 6.82 |
| Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia
|
16th (sf) | 100 m | 10.37 | |
| 19th (sf) | 200 m | 21.16 | |||
| African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria
|
11th (sf) | 200 m | 21.07 | |
| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco
|
13th (sf) | 100 m | 10.31 |
| 5th | 200 m | 20.83 | |||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar
|
40th (h) | 200 m | 20.85 | |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan
|
11th (sf) | 200 m | 20.22 |
| 2022 | African Championships | Port Louis, Mauritius
|
18th (sf) | 100 m | 10.41 |
| 25th (h) | 200 m | 21.08 | |||
| 7th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.25 | |||
| World Championships | Eugene, United States | 29th (h) | 200 m | 20.60 | |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary
|
37th (h) | 200 m | 20.88 |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom
|
30th (h) | 60 m | 6.74 |
| African Games | Accra, Ghana
|
5th | 200 m | 21.12 | |
1Disqualified in the semifinals
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.22 (+0.3 m/s, Réduit 2018, NR)
- 200 metres – 20.22 (+0.2 m/s, Tokyo 2021, NR)
- 400 metres – 46.79 (Pretoria 2018)
Indoor
- 60 metres – 6.74 (Glasgow 2024)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sibusiso Matsenjwa.
- ^ Sibusiso Matsenjwa. Sports-reference.com.
- ^ Sibusiso Matsenjwa. 2013 Universiade profile.
- ^ 2018 CWG bio
- ^ Sibusiso Matsenjwa Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b Sibusiso Matsenjwa. nbcolympics.com
- ^ Sibusiso Matsenjwa at World Athletics
- ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ^ "Athletics MATSENJWA Sibusiso". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
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