Botswana athlete (born 2000)
Oratile Nowe (born 20 May 2000) is a runner from Botswana. She is a multiple-time national champion and the national record holder over 800 metres.[1]
Career
Nowe grew up playing football before focusing on athletics, and competed as a long distance runner.[2] She is a member of Serowe Athletics Club.[3] She was second in the 5000 metres at the Botswana Games in 2015.[4]
In 2019, she won a silver medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay.[5]
She won the 800m at the Botswana Championships in May 2023 in Gaborone.[6] In August 2023, she set a national record time of 2:01.62 for the 800 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[7] At the championships she was also part of the Botswana women's 4x400m relay team.[8]
She ran 2:01.62 again to finish fifth at the delayed 2023 African Games in Accra in March 2024.[9] At those championships she also won a bronze
medal in the women’s 4x400m relay.[10] In April 2024, she ran a personal best 1:59.69 for the 800 metres in Cape Town.[11] This time was her first time under the two-minute barrier and set a new national record.[12]
In May 2024, she was nominated for Botswana Sportswoman of the Year.[13] She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024.[14]
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