Phatutshedzo “Shaun” Maswanganyi (born 1 February 2001) is a South African track and field athlete.

Personal life

Born in

Soweto Soweto () is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for ''South Western Townships''. Formerly a s ...

, he attended St Alban’s College in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

and he is now an attendee at the

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Career

At the 2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, he won the silver medal in the 100 metres and the gold medal in the 200 metres. He’s the current South African 60m Indoor U20 National Record holder (6.65) and current South African U20 National 100m record holder (10.06). In The American Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Maswanganyi ran the 100m in 9.87 seconds which would have been a new South African senior record had it not been wind assisted. He won gold in the 200m running a wind assisted 19.93 seconds. On 31 May 2021 he secured a double qualification for both the 100m and 200m events for the delayed

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. Maswanganyi ran a new 100m personal best time of 9.91s to finish third at the NCAA Championship final in June 2023 in Austin, Texas.

References

External links

* * (Track & Field Results Reporting System)
Houston Cougars bio
2001 births Living people South African male sprinters Houston Cougars men's track and field athletes Sportspeople from Soweto Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa 21st-century South African people Universiade silver medalists for South Africa Universiade bronze medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Universiade silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub