Akani Simbine

Akani Simbine
Akani Simbine in Rio de Janeiro 2016
nation	South Africa
birthday	21st September 1993 (age 26)
place of birth	Kempton Park , South Africa
size	176 cm
Weight	74 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
Trainer	Werner Prinsloo
status	active
Medal table
Commonwealth Games 1 × 1 × 0 × African Championships 3 × 0 × 1 × Summer Universiade 1 × 0 × 1 ×
Commonwealth Games gold Gold Coast 2018 100 m silver Gold Coast 2018 4 × 100 m  African Championships gold Durban 2016 4 × 100 m bronze Durban 2016 100 m gold Asaba 2018 100 m gold Asaba 2018 4 × 100 m  Universiade gold Gwangju 2015 100 m bronze Gwangju 2015 4 × 100 m
last change: August 3, 2018

Akani Simbine (born September 21, 1993 in Kempton Park ) is a South African sprinter .

Athletic career

Akani Simbine gained his first experience in international championships at the 2013 Student World Games in Kazan , Russia , where he reached the semi-finals over 100 meters and finished seventh with the South African 4 x 100 meter relay in the final with 45.82 seconds. Over 100 meters he also qualified for the World Championships in Moscow , where he was eliminated in the first round with 10.38 s . In 2014 Simbine took part for the first time in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow , Scotland , where she was eliminated in the semi-finals over 100 meters with 10.21 s and finished fifth over 200 meters in the final. In addition, he reached fourth place with the South African relay. Shortly thereafter, he finished eighth in the 100-meter run at the African Championships in Marrakech . In 2015, the student from the University of Pretoria again took part in the Summer Universiade in Gwangju , South Korea , where he won the gold medal with a new national record of 9.97 seconds ahead of the Jamaican Kemarley Brown . He also won the bronze medal with the relay with the South African team. He then took part in the World Championships in Beijing , where he reached the semi-finals over 100 and 200 meters this time . In addition, he had to end the preliminary run with the South African 4 x 100 meter relay prematurely.

In 2016, he improved the national record in March to 9.96 s and later to 9.89 s and thus ranks 30th on the all-time best list (as of April 2018). At the African Championships in Durban , he won the bronze medal and the gold medal with the South African relay over 100 meters in 10.05 s. He also qualified for the first time for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he ran over 100 meters in the final 9.94 s and thus finished fifth. In 2017 he took part in the World Championships in London , where he also finished fifth in the final with 10.01 s. In April 2018 Akani Simbine won the gold medal over 100 meters in 10.03 seconds at the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast in front of his compatriot Henricho Bruintjies . With the South African 4 x 100 meter relay, he won the silver medal behind the team from England with a new national record of 38.24 s. At the African Championships in Asaba , he won the 100 meter favorite in 10.25 s ahead of Arthur Cissé from Ivor and his compatriot Simon Magakwe . He was also successful with the relay in a new championship record of 38.25 s.

In 2015 and 2017 Simbine was South African champion in the 100-meter run and in 2019 over 200 meters. He is a graduate of the University of Pretoria .

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 9.89 s (+1.9 m / s), July 18, 2016 in Székesfehérvár ( South African record )
• 200 meters: 19.95 s (+1.7 m / s), March 4, 2017 in Pretoria

Web links

Commons : Akani Simbine  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Akani Simbine in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Akani Simbine in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Simbine and Fajdek win World University Games titles in Gwangju ( English ) IAAF. July 9, 2015. Accessed April 14, 2018.
2. ↑ Len Johnson: Walsh dominates shot put, Simbine and Ahye take 100m titles - Commonwealth Games day 2 ( English ) IAAF. April 9, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
3. ↑ Bob Ramsak: Obiri and Ta Lou dominate, Samaai Defeats Manyonga at African Championships in Asaba ( English ) IAAF. August 2, 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2019.