Lerato Lydia Sechele (born 10 March 1994) is a

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...

triple jumper.

Career

As a junior Sechele won the silver medal at the 2011 African Junior Championships and the gold medal at the 2013 African Junior Championships. She also finished tenth at the

2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent. Host awarding In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named t ...

. Sechele competed at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

without reaching the final, and finished fourth at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

. Her personal best jump is 13.57 metres, achieved at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. This is the current Lesotho record.

References

1994 births Living people Lesotho female athletes Female triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Lesotho Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games competitors for Lesotho {{Lesotho-athletics-bio-stub