Tsepo Ramonene Mathibelle (born 30 June 1991) is a long-distance runner from Lesotho. Mathibelle took up running aged 14. He ran his first marathon in 2012 and qualified for the 2012 Olympics. He ran his second marathon at the Olympics and finished last in a time of 2:55:54. After walking the majority of the last 3 km, Ramonene summoned the strength to jog over the finish line nearly 48 minutes behind the race winner. Shortly after the crowd cheered him to the finish line, he collapsed with exhaustion. He went to the 2015 Marathon Championships in Beijing, leading the break at 30 km, and then fading to 14th, to finish in 2:17:17. He failed to finish the 2016 Olympic marathon. He competed at the

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where he finished 17th in the marathon event.

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Tsepo Ramonene's profile on the London 2012 Olympics websiteA video on Tsepo created prior to the Olympics
1991 births Living people Lesotho male long-distance runners Lesotho male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Lesotho Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Lesotho World Athletics Championships athletes for Lesotho People from Maseru District Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Lesotho-athletics-bio-stub