Shaun Maswanganyi

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Shaun Maswanganyi

| image = Shaun Maswanganyi.jpg

| caption = Maswanganyi at the 2024 Penn Relays

| fullname = Phathutshedzo Maswanganyi

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|2|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa

| height = 185cm

| weight = 77kg

| country = South Africa

| sport = Athletics

| event = 100 m, 200 m

| collegeteam = Houston Cougars

| coach = Carl Lewis

| pb = {{Unbulleted list

|60 m: 6.56 (2023)

|100 m: 9.91 (2023)

|200 m: 19.99 (2023)}}

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country|{{RSA}}}}

}}

Phatutshedzo “Shaun” Maswanganyi (born 1 February 2001) is a South African track and field athlete. He won silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics as part of South Africa's 4 x 100 metres relay team.

Personal life

Born in Soweto, he attended St Alban’s College in Pretoria.{{cite web|website=ESPN|url= https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/38195740/can-track-legend-carl-lewis-coach-south-africa-shaun-maswanganyi-world-title-budapest|accessdate=29 March 2024|title= Can track legend Carl Lewis coach South Africa's Shaun Maswanganyi to a world title in Budapest?|first=Leonard|last=Solms|date=15 August 2023}} He started a finance degree at the University of Houston in 2019.{{cite web|website=Olympics.com|url= https://olympics.com/en/news/shaun-maswanganyi-2023-interview-coach-carl-lewis-motivation|title= South Africa's Shaun Maswanganyi on Carl Lewis motivating him 'to be great', and why he can be the shock 100m world champion|first=Evelyn|last=Watta|date=18 August 2023|accessdate=29 March 2024}}

Career

At the 2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, he won the silver medal in the 100 metres and the gold medal in the 200 metres. He’s the current South African 60m Indoor U20 National Record holder (6.65) and current South African U20 National 100m record holder (10.06).{{Cite web|title=Maswanganyi breaks SA junior 100m record|url=https://supersport.com/athletics/news/200314_Maswanganyi_breaks_SA_junior_100m_record|access-date=2021-07-08|website=supersport.com|language=en}} In The American Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Maswanganyi ran the 100m in 9.87 seconds which would have been a new South African senior record had it not been wind assisted. He won gold in the 200m running a wind assisted 19.93 seconds.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/athletics/watch-new-sprint-sensation-shaun-maswanganyi-denied-sa-100m-record-in-the-us-fa3783cb-bbae-4fc1-9ca9-171dc12f9344|title=WATCH: New sprint sensation Shaun Maswanganyi denied SA 100m record in the US|website=www.iol.co.za}} On 31 May 2021 he secured a double qualification for both the 100m and 200m events for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/sport/othersport/olympics2020/sas-new-sprint-star-shaun-maswanganyi-qualifies-for-double-at-julys-olympics-20210531|title=SA's new sprint star Shaun Maswanganyi qualifies for double at July's Olympics|first=Sport24|last=staff|website=Sport}}

Maswanganyi ran a new 100m personal best time of 9.91s to finish third at the NCAA Championship final in June 2023 in Austin, Texas.{{cite web|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/11040738-courtney-lindsey-of-texas-tech-dips-to-win-100m-title-at-ncaa-championships|title= Courtney Lindsey of Texas Tech Dips To Win 100m Title At NCAA Championships|first=Joe|last=Battaglia|date=June 10, 2023|accessdate=June 10, 2023|website=Flotrack}}

Competing in the 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in 2023 he qualified for the semi finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4569/men-s-200m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=25 August 2023|date=24 August 2023|title= Men's 200m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023}}

In February 2024, he set a new South African indoors 200m record in Texas, running 20.41 to better the mark of 20.45 by Ncincilili Titi which had stood since 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/athletics/shaun-maswanganyi-sets-new-sa-sprint-record-in-the-usa-5d5eb9ca-23af-438c-8fe2-035bb61f2985|website=iol.co.za|accessdate=29 March 2024|date=28 February 2024|title=Shaun Maswanganyi sets new SA sprint record in the USA }}

He competed in the 100m and 200m at the 2024 Olympic Games, where he reached the semi-finals of both events.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5847/men-s-200m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title= Men's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=8 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=

https://supersport.com/olympics/general/news/df405b4d-9e03-4ae3-aeb7-ca5d23a8a825/more-sa-athletes-for-paris-olympics-announced|website=SuperSport|accessdate=21 June 2024|title= More SA athletes for Paris Olympics announced

|date=19 June 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5834/men-s-100m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Men's 100 Metres - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=4 August 2024}} He also competed in the men's 4x100m relay at the Games, winning silver with the South African relay team.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5861/men-s-4x100m-relay-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title=Men's 4 x 100 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=9 August 2024}}

He finished seventh over 200 metres in May 2025 at the 2025 Doha Diamond League.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6640/results-doha-diamond-league-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=19 May 2025|title= Results - Doha Diamond League 2025|date=16 May 2025}} He finished sixth over 100 metres at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, also part of the 2025 Diamond League, in May 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6666/results-rabat-diamond-league-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 May 2025|title= Results - Rabat Diamond League 2025|date= 25 May 2025}}

References

External links

{{World Athletics}}
{{TFRRS|7721646|Shaun Maswanganyi}} (Track & Field Results Reporting System)
[https://uhcougars.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/phatutshedzo--shaun--maswanganyi/6262 Houston Cougars bio]

Category:2001 births

Category:Living people

Category:South African male sprinters

Category:Houston Cougars men's track and field athletes

Category:Sportspeople from Soweto

Category:Athletes from Gauteng

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for South Africa

Category:21st-century South African sportsmen

Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Africa

Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for South Africa

Category:Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade