Amantle Montsho

Amantle Montsho

Amantle Montsho at the 2011 Bislett Games
Personal information
Nationality	Botswana
Born	(1983-07-04) July 4, 1983 (age 33)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	400 meters
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 11.60 s 200 m: 22.89 s 400 m: 49.33 s (Monaco, 2013)
Medal record World Championships 2011 Daegu 400 m 2013 Moscow 400 m Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 400 m African Championships 2008 Addis Ababa 400 m 2010 Nairobi 400 m 2012 Porto Novo 400 m 2006 Bambous 400 m 2012 Porto Novo 4x400 m relay All-Africa Games 2007 Algiers 400 m 2011 Maputo 400 m

100 m: 11.60 s
200 m: 22.89 s

Amantle Montsho (born July 4, 1983) is a female sprinter from Botswana who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the final at the latter edition. She has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics and the IAAF World Indoor Championships, and is the former World Champion over the 400m, winning in a personal best time of 49.56 in Daegu.

Montsho is currently suspended for 2 years for an anti-doping rule violation after the she tested positive for methylhexaneamine at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

A two-time African Championships gold medallist over 400 m, she has also won titles in the event at the 2007 All-Africa Games, the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup and the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Her Commonwealth win made her Botswana's first ever gold medallist of the games.

Her personal best times are 11.60 seconds in the 100 m, 22.89 seconds in the 200 metres and 49.33 seconds in the 400 m. She trains at the High Performance Training Centre in Dakar, Senegal. She holds the national record for the 400 m both indoors and outdoors.

Montsho was born in Maun, Ngamiland. She has competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the World Championships in 2005 and 2007 without reaching the finals.