Derrick Mokaleng

Derrick Mokaleng
nation	South Africa
birthday	18th June 1997 (age 23)
Career
discipline	400 meter run
Best performance	45.02 s
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 0 × 2 × 0 × African Championships 0 × 2 × 0 ×
Africa Games silver Rabat 2019 4 × 400 m bronze Rabat 2019 4 × 100 m
last change: March 18, 2020

Derrick Mokaleng (born June 18, 1997 ) is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 400-meter run .

Athletic career

Derrick Mokaleng gained his first experience in international championships in 2016 at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz , where he was eliminated in the 400-meter run with 48.04 seconds in the first round. In 2019 he took part in the Africa Games in Rabat for the first time and was eliminated there with 46.67 s in the semi-finals. In addition, he won the bronze medal in the South African 4-by-100-meter relay through his work in the preliminary run and also with the 4-by-400-meter relay he won the silver medal behind the team in 3: 03.18 minutes Kenya. He also qualified for the World Championships in Doha , where he was eliminated in the individual competition with 45.87 s in the preliminary round and also did not reach the final with the relay with 3: 02.06 min .

Personal bests

• 400 meters: 45.02 s, May 12, 2018 in Waco
  • 400 meters (indoor): 45.67 s, February 8, 2019 in Lubbock ( South African record )

Web links

• Derrick Mokaleng in the database of World Athletics (English)