Anaso Jobodwana (born 30 July 1992) is a South African sprinter. He competed in

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at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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where he ran a new personal best of 20.27 seconds to reach the final. In the 2015 World Championships in

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, Jobodwana won bronze in the 200m final, with a national record time of 19.87s. Jobodwana competed in the 200 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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. He finished 4th in his heat with a time of 20.53 seconds. He did not qualify for the semifinals. This South African athlete is yet to soar to even greater heights. He competed in the men's 200 metres event at the

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* * 1992 births Living people People from Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality South African male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa World Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Alumni of Selborne College Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games South African Athletics Championships winners African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century South African people 21st-century South African people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub