Akani Simbine
 Simbine at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | South African | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1993 | |||||||||||||||
| Residence | Pretoria | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m | |||||||||||||||
| College team | Tuks/HPC | |||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) |
100 m – 9.89 (2016) 200 m – 19.95 (2017)[2] | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Akani Simbine (born 21 September 1993) is a South African sprinter.[2] He competed in the 100 metres event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] He finished fifth in 9.94 seconds in the 100m final of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on 14 August 2016.[4]
Whilst an Information Science student at University of Pretoria,[1] Simbine equaled the South African record while setting an event record on 9 July 2015 in his gold medal winning run at the 2015 Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea.[5] Simbine broke the South African record in 100 m with a time of 9.89 seconds at the Gyulai István Memorial in Székesfehérvár on 18 July 2016.[6] In the first meet of the 2017 IAAF Diamond League in Doha, Simbine won the 100m event with a time of 9.99 seconds.[7]
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- 1 2 3 "SIMBINE Akani". gwangju2015.kr. 2015 Summer Universiade. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Akani Simbine". IAAF. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
- ↑ "South Africa at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics". IAAF. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
- ↑ "Bolt blasts to 100m gold hat-trick". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ "Universiade 2015 Broken Records". gwangju2015.com. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ↑ Christopher Maduewesi (18 July 2016). "Akani Simbine storms to new South African 100m record of 9.89s!". makingofchamps.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ↑ "Akani Simbine streaks to victory in Doha! | IOL". Retrieved 6 May 2017.