Derrick Mokaleng

{{Short description|South African sprinter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| caption = Mokaleng in 2019

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|06|18|df=y}}

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| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 metres

| education = University of Johannesburg
Texas Christian University{{cite web |title=College bio |url=https://gofrogs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2779 |accessdate=2 October 2019}}

| collegeteam = TCU Horned Frogs

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Derrick Mokaleng (born 18 June 1997) is a South African sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.{{World Athletics}} He represented his country at the 2019 World Championships narrowly missing the semifinals.

In 2019, he won the silver medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.{{Cite web|title=Athletics Results Book|url=https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804095631/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf|archive-date=4 August 2020|access-date=4 August 2020|website=2019 African Games}}

International competitions

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colspan="6"|Representing {{RSA}}
2016

|World U20 Championships

|Bydgoszcz, Poland

|29th (h)

|400 m

|48.04

rowspan=2|2018

|rowspan=2|World Cup

|rowspan=2|London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|400 m

|45.48

|4 × 400 m relay

|DQ

rowspan=4|2019

|rowspan=3|African Games

|rowspan=3|Rabat, Morocco

|12th (sf)

|400 m

|46.67

4th (h)

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.76

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:03.18

World Championships

|Doha, Qatar

|23rd (h)

|400 m

|45.87

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

References