Isaac Makwala

Isaac Makwala
Isaac Makwala in July 2015
nation	Botswana
birthday	29th September 1986 (age 33)
place of birth	Tutume , Botswana
size	185 cm
Weight	78 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	200 m: 19.77 s (± 0.0 m / s) 400 m: 43.72 s
society	Francistown Athletics Club
Trainer	Justice Dipeba
National squad	since 2007
status	active
Medal table
Commonwealth Games 2 × 0 × 0 × Africa Games 2 × 1 × 0 × African Championships 3 × 4 × 0 ×
Commonwealth Games gold Gold Coast 2018 400 m gold Gold Coast 2018 4 × 400 m  Africa Games gold Algiers 2007 4 × 400 m gold Brazzaville 2015 400 m silver Brazzaville 2015 4 × 400 m  African Championships silver Addis Ababa 2008 400 m silver Nairobi 2010 400 m silver Nairobi 2010 4 × 400 m gold Porto Novo 2012 400 m gold Marrakech 2014 400 m gold Marrakech 2014 4 × 400 m silver Marrakech 2014 200 m
last change: March 12, 2020

Most 400-meter runs under 44 seconds

rank	Track and field athlete	number
1.	Michael Johnson	22nd
2.	Jeremy Wariner	9
	LaShawn Merritt	9
4th	Kirani James	7th
5.	Wayde van Niekerk	6th
6th	Harry Reynolds	4th
	Quincy Watts	4th
	Isaac Makwala	4th
As of May 6, 2018

Isaac Makwala (born September 29, 1986 in Tutume ) is a Botswana athlete who specializes in the 400-meter run .

Athletic career

Makwala celebrated his first international title win with the Botswana 4 x 400 meter relay at the Pan-African Games 2007 in Algiers . He was also a member of the season at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka , which, however, could not qualify for the final. In the 400-meter run, he achieved a top position at international championships for the first time by winning the silver medal at the 2008 African Championships in Nairobi . With the relay, he took fourth place there.

Makwala took part over 400 meters in the 2009 World Championships in Berlin , but was eliminated in the preliminary stages. At the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi, he reached the semi-finals and won the silver medal with the relay. In the same year he came at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in the 400-meter run also to the semifinals and took 5th place with the relay. At the Pan-African Games 2011 in Maputo he was seventh over 400 meters.

The 2012 season began for Makwala with a fourth place in the 4 x 400 meter relay at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul . In July he won the title in the 400-meter run at the African Championships in Porto Novo . However, he was unable to maintain his form until the London Olympics , which took place a month later. There he was eliminated in the preliminary run. The 2013 World Championships in Moscow were also disappointing for him. Neither over 400 meters nor in the relay did he get beyond the heats.

On July 6, 2014, Makwala increased his personal best in the 400-meter run at an athletics meeting in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, to 44.01 seconds. In doing so, he undercut the eight-year-old African record set by Congolese Gary Kikaya by nine hundredths of a second. In the same place he stayed under the 20-second mark in the 200-meter run for the first time with 19.96 seconds . Three weeks later he surprisingly missed the final in the 400-meter run at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow . At the African Championships in Marrakech in August he lived up to his role as a favorite again by successfully defending his title over 400 meters in the championship record time of 44.23 seconds. He won another gold medal with the Botswana 4 x 400 meter relay. He also finished second in the 200-meter run.

At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Makwala finished fifth in the 400-meter run. With the 4 x 400 meter relay, however, he missed the finals. A few weeks later he won the Africa Games in Brazzaville over 400 meters and also won the silver medal in the relay.

Makwala at the 2017 World Championships in London

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Makwala reached the semi-finals, but clearly missed the final. With the Botswana 4 x 400 meter relay, he took fifth place.

After he had achieved some great achievements in previous years, but lacked consistency overall and had not won a medal at the major championships, he traveled to the 2017 World Championships in London as a favorite for the gold medals over 200 and 400 meters. In July he had completed the 400-meter distance in 44.08 s and 43.84 s at the Diamond League meetings in Lausanne and Monaco , and in Madrid he was the first athlete to achieve 200 meters under 20 seconds and in one day To run 400 meters in 44 seconds. At the time of the World Cup, he was world best of the year over the shorter distance and third fastest over the stadium lap. In London he qualified for the 400 meter final, but there he could not participate. The IAAF banned him on the evening of the finals on the recommendation of the National Health Authority Public Health England entrance to the stadium, because with him due to a gastrointestinal flu, an infection with the Human noroviruses , a 48-hour could be due quarantine was placed . As a result of this quarantine, the sprinter also missed the pre-run over the 200 meters, so that he was initially not qualified for the final. Makwala spoke of "sabotage" in connection with his suspension. IAAF President Sebastian Coe denied these allegations. After the 48-hour quarantine was over, Makwala was allowed to catch up on the preliminary run alone and qualified for the semifinals in 20.20 s with his solo run. In the semifinals, Isaac Makwala ran into the final over 200 meters in 20.14 seconds. There he missed the targeted podium in sixth place with 20.44 seconds.

In 2018 Makwala took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast for the third time and won the gold medal over 400 meters ahead of his compatriot Baboloki Thebe . He also won gold on the final day of the games with the Botswana 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 01.78 minutes. The following year he reached the semi-finals at the Africa Games in Rabat over 400 meters and was eliminated there with 46.55 s.

Makwala is trained by ex-sprinter and Olympian Justice Dipeba . In 2014 he became national champion in the 100 and 200 meters.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 10.20 s A (+0.8 m / s), May 3, 2014 in Gaborone ( Botswana record )
• 200 meters: 19.77 s (0.0 m / s), July 14, 2017 in Madrid ( Botswana record )
• 400 meters: 43.72 s, July 5, 2015 in La Chaux-de-Fonds ( Botswana record )

Web links

Commons : Isaac Makwala  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Makwala breaks African 400m record with stunning one-day sprint double in La Chaux-de-Fonds ( English ) IAAF. July 7, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
2. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Redemption for Makwala at African Championships ( English ) IAAF. August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
3. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Ivorian sprint double for Meite and Ta Lou at All-African Games ( English ) IAAF. September 15, 2015. Accessed December 25, 2015.
4. ↑ Phil Minshull: Kenya's 4x400m men finish off the All-Africa Games in style ( English ) IAAF. September 17, 2015. Accessed December 25, 2015.
5. ↑ Emeterio Valiente: Makwala achieves historic 200m-400m double in Madrid ( English ) IAAF. July 14, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
6. ↑ IAAF statement: Isaac Makwala ( English ) IAAF. August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
7. ↑ Saskia Aleythe London: "I almost think that's sabotage" . In: sueddeutsche.de . August 9, 2017, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed August 10, 2017]).
8. ↑ Sport1.de: Athletics World Championships: Isaac Makwala waves a medal after lockout . In: Sport1.de . ( sport1.de [accessed on August 10, 2017]).
9. ↑ World Athletics Championships: Top duel after a strange solo run . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . August 9, 2017, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 10, 2017]).
10. Jump up ↑ World Athletics Championships: Hope run for Makwala - alone . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . August 9, 2017, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 10, 2017]).
11. ↑ Steve Landells: Personal bests - Isaac Makwala ( English ) IAAF. May 4, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.