Muzala Samukonga (born 9 December 2002) is a Zambian track and field

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er who specialises in the

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. In 2022 at the age of 19, he won gold medals at the

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and

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Career

Muzala Samukonga competed in the

at the 2021 World Under-20 Championships in Kenya, where he finished in fifth place after with a time of 45.89 s. In March 2022, he recorded a new

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in the event of 45.65 s in Botswana. On 10 June, Samukonga won the gold medal in the

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at the 2022 African Championships in Mauritius, upsetting

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in the final with a time of 45.31 s. His victory ended a ten-year reign of athletes from Botswana in the event, namely

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and

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. It also qualified him for the

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the following month in

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Achievements

All information taken from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests

International championships results

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samukonga, Muzala Living people 2002 births Zambian male sprinters African Championships in Athletics winners Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Zambia Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games