Baboloki Tirelo Thebe (born 18 March 1997) is a

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

track and field sprinter who specialises in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is o ...

. He was a silver medallist in the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

at the

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

. He reached the semi-finals at the

2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1995 or later) which was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on 22–27 July 2014. A total of 44 ...

. He made a breakthrough in the 400 m in May 2016 with a run of 44.22 seconds, placing him third on the global seasonal lists and moving him into the all-time top 30 for the event. He competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

. His personal best in 400 meters is 44.02, which he ran in July 2017

International competitions

¹: Disqualified in the final
²: Disqualified in the semifinals
³: Did not start in the semifinals

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* Living people 1997 births Botswana male sprinters People from Kgatleng District Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Botswana Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Botswana Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Botswana Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Botswana African Championships in Athletics winners African Games competitors for Botswana Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists for Botswana Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Botswana-athletics-bio-stub