Hendrick Mokganyetsi
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Hendrick Mokganyetsi (born 7 September 1975 in Pretoria) is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 400 meters.
His personal best time is 44.59 seconds, achieved in September 2000 in Yokohama. He also has a strong personal best in the 800 meters, 1:44.62 minutes from 1997. Together with Jopie van Oudtshoorn, Adriaan Botha and Arnaud Malherbe he holds the South African record in 4 x 400 meters relay with 3:00.20 minutes, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville where South Africa finished fourth (later third). [http://www.gbrathletics.com/cm99.htm] The South African relay team broke their own record of 3:00.26 min, achieved when they finished in fifth place at the 1997 World Championships.
On the individual level he finished sixth at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
External links
- {{World Athletics||name=Hendrick Mokganyetsi}}
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Category:Athletes from Pretoria
Category:South African male sprinters
Category:South African male middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for South Africa
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:20th-century South African sportsmen
Category:21st-century South African people
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