Tshepo Tshite

Tshepo Tshite
Full name	Tshepo Tshite
nation	South Africa
birthday	5th January 1997 (age 23)
place of birth	Rustenburg , South Africa
Career
discipline	800 m
Best performance	1: 44.69 min
society	Nedbank Running Club
Trainer	Pio Mpolokeng
status	active
last change: June 12, 2020

Tshepo Tshite (born January 5, 1997 in the municipality of Rustenburg ) is a South African athlete who specializes in the 800-meter run .

Athletic career

Tshepo Tshite consisting of a village in the municipality Rustenburg Province Northwest native, grew up under difficult conditions. He had only one sister as a caregiver after both parents died prematurely. He came into contact with professional training conditions late after a talent scout from the Nedbank Running Club was looking for young talent in the rural regions of South Africa. So Tshite was discovered and followed the call to Klerksdorp , where he became part of the running club. After only a few weeks he took part in the first competitions over 800 meters. Within two months he improved his time by almost five seconds to 1: 47.11 minutes. In February 2018 he won the 800 and 1500 meter championships in southern Africa. A month later he won the national championships for the first time with a new personal best of 1: 46.04 min.

In March 2019 he ran a personal best of 1: 44.69 min over 800 meters. Throughout the summer he took part in competitions on the European continent, but couldn't get close to the time from March. In August Tshepo Tshite took part in the Africa Games in Rabat. He moved into the semi-finals, in which he was eliminated in 1: 49.17 minutes in sixth. Overall, he ended up in 12th place. A month later he took part in the World Championships in Doha. There, too, he moved into the semi-finals, in which he ran three seconds faster than in comparison to the African Games. Nevertheless, it was not enough to make it into the finals and in the end the 15th place was to book. In 2020 he took part in competitions in the hall for the first time. He started in France and Germany. In February he ran the best indoor performance of 1: 47.52 minutes in Düsseldorf.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for South Africa
2019	Africa Games	Rabat	12.	800 m	1: 49.17 min
	World championships	Doha	15th	800 m	1: 46.08 min

Personal best

open air

• 400 m : 48:72 s, February 23, 2019, Pretoria
• 800 m : 1: 44.69 min, March 15, 2019, Pretoria
• 1500 m : 3: 41.62 min, July 20, 2019, Heusden-Zolder

Hall

• 800 m: 1: 47.52 min, February 4, 2020, Düsseldorf

Web links

• Tshepo Tshite in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ From a rural village to the Commonwealth Games ( English ) October 24, 2017. Accessed June 12, 2020.