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) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 m | |||||||||||||||
| College team | Tuks/HPC | |||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m – 9.89 (2016) 200 m – 20.16 (2016) |
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Medal record
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Akani Simbine (born 21 September 1993) is a South African sprinter. He competed in the 100 metres event at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and 2016 Summer Olympics. He finished fifth in 9.94 seconds in the 100m final of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on 14 August 2016.
Whilst an Information Science student at University of Pretoria, Simbine equaled the South African record while setting an event record on the 9th of July 2015 in his gold medal winning run at the 2015 Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea. Simbine broke the South African record in 100 m with a time of 9.89 seconds at the Gyulai István Memorial in Székesfehérvár on the 18th July 2016.
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