Tshotlego Morama, born in Lethakane in 1987, is a

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sprinter. Representing Botswana at the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympi ...

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, she won gold in the women's 400m sprint in the T46 disability category, setting a new world record in the process, with a time of 55.99.Botswana at the Paralympics
International Paralympic Committee She remains the only athlete ever to have represented Botswana at the Paralympics. Morama also won gold at the

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nig ...

, setting a new

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n record in the women's 200 metres. Morama was due to represent Botswana again at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was f ...

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, but ultimately did not compete, having withdrawn prior to the Games due to injury."Botswna locked out of Paralympics"
, ''Mmegi'', 5 September 2008

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Living people 1987 births Paralympic athletes of Botswana Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Botswana Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Track and field athletes with disabilities Botswana female sprinters Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Paralympic-medalist-stub