Thabiso Moqhali

Thabiso Moqhali
Medal record
Competitor for Lesotho
Men's athletics
Commonwealth Games
	Kuala Lumpur 1998	Marathon

Thabiso Paul Moqhali (born 7 December 1967) is a retired male marathon runner from Lesotho. He won the gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur in a time of 2:19:15 hours, the slowest winning time since 1966. In addition he finished 16th at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Lesotho
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	22nd (h)	5000m	14:27.62
1986	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	23rd	20 km road run	1:20:57
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	33rd	Marathon	2:19:28
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	Marathon	2:19:15
2000	Belgrade Marathon	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	1st	Marathon	2:15:08
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	16th	Marathon	2:16:43
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	30th	Marathon	2:25:44

External links

Thabiso Moqhali profile at IAAF
sports-reference

Commonwealth Games champions in the men's marathon

1930: Dunky Wright (SCO)
1934: Harold Webster (CAN)
1938: Johannes Coleman (SAF)
1950: Jack Holden (ENG)
1954: Joe McGhee (SCO)
1958: Dave Power (AUS)
1962: Brian Kilby (ENG)
1966: Jim Alder (SCO)
1970: Ron Hill (ENG)
1974: Ian Thompson (ENG)
1978: Gidamis Shahanga (TAN)
1982–1986: Robert de Castella (AUS)
1990: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN)
1994: Steve Moneghetti (AUS)
1998: Thabiso Moqhali (LES)
2002: Francis Robert Naali (TAN)
2006: Samson Ramadhani (TAN)
2010: John Kelai (KEN)
2014: Michael Shelley (AUS)

Belgrade Men's Marathon Winners

1990: Joseph Nzau (KEN)
1991: Agapius Masong (TAN)
1992: Nicolas Nyengerai (ZIM)
1993: Jacob Ngunzu (KEN)
1994: Vladimir Bukhanov (UKR)
1995: Vladimir Kotov (BLR)
1996: Hussein Ahmed Salah (DJI)
1997: Josephat Ndeti (KEN)
1998: Reuben Chebutich (KEN)
1999: Not Held
2000: Thabiso Moqhali (LES)
2001: Mluleki Nobanda (RSA)
2002: Geoffrey Kinyua (KEN)
2003: Benson Ogato (KEN)
2004: Christopher Isengwe (TAN)
2005: Medeksa Derba Badade (ETH)
2006: Japhet Kosgei (KEN)
2007: John Maluni (KEN)
2008: William Kwambai Kipchumba (KEN)
2009: Victor Kigen (KEN)
2010: Johnstone Kibet Maiyo (KEN)
2011: Gebrselassie Tsegaye (ETH)
2012: James Kiptum Barmasai (KEN)
2013: Edwin Kiplagat Kitum (KEN)
2014: Bernard Talam (KEN)
2015: Silas Sang (KEN)

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