Sokwakhana Zazini (born 23 January 2000) is a South African athlete specialising in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. He won gold medals at the 2017 World U18 Championships and the 2018 World U20 Championships. In 2019, he won a silver medal at the

Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and "Olympiad". The Universiade is referred t ...

. He competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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 ...

– 45.86 (Paarl 2018) *

– 48.73 (Napoli 2019)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zazini, Sokwakhana 2000 births Living people South African male sprinters South African male hurdlers Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games World Athletics U20 Championships winners Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade World Youth Championships in Athletics winners African Games competitors for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa African Championships in Athletics winners 21st-century South African people