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Prudence Sekgodiso
Prudence Sekgodiso is a South African middle-distance runner who competes principally in the 800 metres. She won the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships after reaching the Olympic final in Paris in 2024.
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At a glance
- Sekgodiso won the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in 1:58.40.
- She finished eighth in the women's 800 metres final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
- World Athletics recorded her outdoor 800 metres personal best as 1:56.83, set in Paris on 28 June 2026.
Athletic profile
Born on 5 January 2002, Sekgodiso is a South African middle-distance runner whose principal event is the women's 800 metres.
Championship progress
Sekgodiso won 800 metres bronze at the 2022 African Athletics Championships before reaching the Paris Olympic final in 2024, where she placed eighth in 1:58.79. In March 2025, she won the world indoor 800 metres title in Nanjing in 1:58.40, a performance World Athletics reported as a South African indoor national record.
Performance development
On 28 June 2026, Sekgodiso ran 1:56.83 at the Meeting de Paris. World Athletics listed that result as her outdoor 800 metres personal best as of 19 August 2026.
Timeline
- Won bronze in the women's 800 metres at the African Athletics Championships in Mauritius, clocking 2:03.46.
- Finished eighth in the women's 800 metres final at the Paris Olympic Games in 1:58.79.
- Won the women's 800 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in 1:58.40; World Athletics reported the performance as a South African indoor national record.
- Ran 1:56.83 in the 800 metres at the Meeting de Paris, recorded by World Athletics as her outdoor personal best.
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Current context
- World Athletics listed Sekgodiso at No. 10 in the women's 800 metres world rankings. World rankings are dynamic and should be rechecked at publication time.
- World Athletics listed her outdoor 800 metres personal best as 1:56.83. Performance records may be superseded by later results.
Biographical facts
- She was born on 5 January 2002.
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