Lydia Casey Jele (née Mashila; born 22 June 1990) 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 ...

athlete competing primarily 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 (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. She participated in the relay at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. She ran the 400 meters at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified by winning the Botswana Athletics Association Championships. Her personal bests are 11.51 in the 100 metres, 24.55 in the 200 metres (-0.1 m/s, Shenzhen 2011) and 52.65 in the 400 metres (Porto Novo 2012). Jele is a Latter-day Saint.

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* 1990 births Living people Botswana female sprinters Botswana Latter Day Saints Commonwealth Games competitors for Botswana Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games African Games silver medalists for Botswana African Games bronze medalists for Botswana African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Botswana Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Botswana Olympic female sprinters Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Botswana-athletics-bio-stub