| Medal record | ||
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Mokoena at the 2009 Lappeenranta Games |
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| Men's athletics | ||
| Competitor for South Africa | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 2008 Beijing | Long jump |
| World Championships | ||
| Silver | 2009 Berlin | Long jump |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
| Gold | 2008 Valencia | Long jump |
| Silver | 2010 Doha | Long jump |
| World Athletics Final | ||
| Bronze | 2007 Stuttgart | Long Jump |
| Bronze | 2009 Thessaloniki | Long Jump |
| African Championships | ||
| Silver | 2006 Bambous | Long Jump |
| Gold | 2010 Nairobi | Long Jump |
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (born March 6, 1985 in Heidelberg, South Africa) is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump.
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He started his school education at Shalimar Ridge Primary School in Heidelberg, Gauteng. He excelled at gymnastics at a very early age.
He matriculated atNigel high School, Nigel. His talent at Long Jump was discovered by Elna de Beer.
In 2008 he won long jump at the world indoor championships and silver at the Olympic games.
In July 2009 he set a new African record in long jump, 8.50m in Madrid in an IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting where he finished second behind Fabrice Lapierre. The previous African record, 8.46, was held by Cheikh Toure of Senegal and set in 1997.[1]
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
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| 2001 | World Youth Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 5th | High jump |
| 2003 | All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 3rd | Long jump |
| 2nd | Triple jump | |||
| Afro-Asian Games | Hyderabad, India | 3rd | Long jump | |
| 3rd | Triple jump | |||
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 2nd | Long jump |
| 1st | Triple jump | |||
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 5th | Long jump |
| Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 4th | Long jump | |
| 2nd | Triple jump | |||
| African Championships | Bambous, Mauritius | 2nd | Long jump | |
| 2nd | Triple jump | |||
| 2007 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 3rd | Long jump |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 5th | Long jump | |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd | Long jump | |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 1st | Long jump |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 2nd | Long jump | |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 2nd | Long jump |
| World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki, Greece | 3rd | Long jump | |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | Long jump |
| African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | Long jump |
Phakiso Mokoena, father of Godfrey, was quoted in a local newspaper "Godfrey initially found it difficult to qualify for the Olympics, but has through hard work endured and finished second in the world."
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