Zakithi Nene

South African sprinter

100 m: 10.68 (Durban 2021)
200 m: 20.72 (Pretoria 2021)
300 m: 32.55 (Durban 2020)
400 m: 44.74 (Zürich 2022)

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing South Africa
World Relays
	2024 Nassau	4×400 m relay
Summer Universiade
	2019 Naples	4×400 m relay
African Championships
	2018 Asaba	4×400 m relay

Zakithi Nene (born 2 April 1998) is a South African sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres.

Career

He won the South African 400m national title in 2021 and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through his world ranking.^[1] He competed in the 400 metres where he ran a time of 45.74 seconds.^[2]

He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.^[3] He finished third in the 400 metres at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.^[4]

In June 2024, he was selected for the South African team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.^[5]

Personal life

He studied economics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in his native South Africa.^[6]

References

^ "Ballito's 400m Olympian Zakithi Nene prepares to race in Tokyo". 29 July 2021.
^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results". olympics.com.
^ "4X400 METRES RELAY". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ Johnson, Robert (2 June 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ "More SA athletes for Paris Olympics announced". SuperSport. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "Athletics NENE Zakithi - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com.