Simon Petrus Magakwe (25 May 1986 in

Itsoseng Itsoseng is a town in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. The town was established in 1963 on the farm De Hoop as a black town, and became part of Bophuthatswana Bophuthatswana (, meaning " ...

) is a sprinter from South Africa. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the bronze medal in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres. He was the first South African to run under 10 second, with a personal best of 9.98 seconds.

Doping rule violation

On 22 December 2014 Magakwe refused to submit to out-of-competition testing. He was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sport for the anti-doping rule violation.Record-breaking SA sprinter Simon Magakwe banned for 2 years
, citypress.co.za, 15 April 2015

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