Collen Kebinatshipi
Full name Busang Collen Kebinatshipi Nationality Botswana Born (2004-02-13 ) 13 February 2004 (age 22) Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[ 1] Sport Athletics Event(s)
400 m , 200 m Personal bests 400 m: 43.53 (Tokyo , 2025) NR
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 .
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] 400 metres to 45.20 seconds.[ 3] 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] 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]
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] men's 4 × 400 m relay at the Games, winning the silver medal with the Botswana relay team.[ 12] [ 1] [ 13]
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] 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025, in a time of 44.63 seconds.[ 15] 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] 2025 Herculis , behind race winner Gout Gout , running 20.28 seconds.[ 18] 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] men's 4 x 400 metres relay .[ 21]
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