Lerato Sechele

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Lerato Sechele athletics
Full name Lerato Lydia Sechele
nation LesothoLesotho Lesotho
birthday 10th March 1994 (age 26)
place of birth Maseru , Lesotho
Career
discipline Triple jump
Best performance 13.57 m Sport records icon NR.svg
status active
Medal table
African Championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
U20 African Championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
 African Championships
bronze Asaba 2018 13.31 m
Junior African Championships
silver Gaborone 2011 12.07 m
gold Bambous 2013 12.62 m
last change: August 26, 2019

Lerato Lydia Sechele (born March 10, 1994 in Maseru ) is a Lesothic triple jumper .

Athletic career

Lerato Sechele gained her first international experience at the Junior African Championships 2011 in Gaborone , where she won the silver medal in the triple jump with 12.07 m and 13th in the long jump with 5.10 m. She then took part in the World Youth Championships near Lille and was eliminated there with 11.74 m in qualification. She then reached tenth place at the Africa Games in Maputo with 11.86 m. Two years later she won the Junior African Championships in Bambous with 12.62 m . In 2014 she first took part in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgowpart and was eliminated there with 12.33 m in the qualification. At the Africa Games in Brazzaville 2015, she finished ninth with 12.54 m. In 2018 she again took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast , where she finished fourth with a new national record of 13.57 m. Then she won the bronze medal at the African Championships in Asaba with 13.31 m behind the Nigerian Grace Anigbata and Zinzi Chabangu from South Africa. The following year she was fifth at the Africa Games in Rabat with 13.24 m.

Personal best

  • Long jump: 5.86 m, April 27, 2019 in Gaborone
  • Triple jump: 13.57 m (+0.6 m / s), April 10, 2018 in Gold Coast ( Lesotho record )
    • Triple jump (indoor): 13.07 m, January 27, 2018 in Reims ( Lesotho record )

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