Mabel Saeluzika

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| nationality = Malawian

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 200 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|1|df=yes}}

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Mabel Saeluzika (born 1 May 1956) is a Malawian sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/mabel-saeluzika-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085500/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/mabel-saeluzika-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Mabel Saeluzika Olympic Results |access-date=15 July 2017}} She was only 16.{{cite web |title=Malawi at the 1972 Munich Summer Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MAW/summer/1972/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092929/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/MAW/summer/1972/ |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=12 March 2025 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Saeluzika was one of 16 athletes to represent Malawi at the Munich Olympics, their first as an independent nation. She came 6th in her heat{{Cite book |last=Hugman |first=Barry J. |url=https://archive.org/details/olympicgamescomp0000hugm_b1p6/mode/2up?q=Saeluzika |title=The Olympic Games : complete track and field results 1896-1988 |date=1988 |publisher=London : Arena |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-85443-025-0 |pages=283}} but did not advance as the top five finishers and the next two best qualifiers advanced to the next round.{{Cite web |date=5 September 1972 |title=Monday's Olympic Results |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/625811795/?match=1&terms=Mabel%20Saeluzika |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Miami Herald |page=5B |language=en}}

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