Union Sekailwe

{{short description|South African Paralympic athlete}}

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| name = Union Sekailwe

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| nationality = South African

| sport = Paralympic athletics

| event = Sprint

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|disability_class = T38

| club = AngloGold Ashanti Sport Club for the Disabled

| coach = Alta Oelofse

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|01|06|df=y}}

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| height = {{convert| 174 |cm}}

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| country = South Africa

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{{MedalSport|Paralympic athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze| 2012 London | 400m – T38}}

{{MedalCompetition|IPC World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Lyon|4 × 100 m – T35–38}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Doha|400m – T38}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Lyon|400m – T38}}

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Union Sekailwe (born 6 January 1986) is a Paralympian athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category T38 sprint events.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/doha-2015/ENG/ZB/ZBB101A_QA2015AT@@@@@@@ENG_number=16073.htm|title=Sekailwe, Union|work=paralympic.org| access-date=23 August 2016}} Sekailwe competed for his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he won a bronze medal in the 400 metre sprint.{{cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1051728|title=Sekailwe, Union|work=IPC|access-date=23 August 2016|archive-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826134530/https://www.paralympic.org/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1051728|url-status=dead}} Sekailwe has competed at World Championship level on two occasions, picking up three medals. He has also competed in long jump at the Paralympics, and in the javelin throw at the World Championships.