Prudence Tebogo Sekgodiso

Prudence Tebogo Sekgodiso OLY (born 5 January 2002), also spelled Prudence Sekgodisa, is a South African middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres. She was the gold medalist in the 800 m at the 2019 African U18 Championships. She is also a five-time South African Athletics Championships winner in the 1500 m and 800 m. Quotes But I believed that I could make it, and to make it and grab that gold medal, I’m proud. I did dream of this, I’ve been working so hard for this. We have a long season ahead and I believe there’s still more to come. Mzansi Celebrates Prudence Sekgodiso! Wins SA’s 1st Women’s World Indoor Gold in China,March 24, 2025,by Nothando Mthembu The world hasn't really recognised me. The world doesn't really know me that well because I haven't run that sub-1:58 but I know I'm going to do it. I'll be all over social media and that is what I want. I haven't been there, according to me. I don't have that exposure. In Morocco, I will make some miracles happen. I'm ready. I feel like right now I have that experience whereby I know in the heat they take the top three. And in the semis that's where you have to push yourself. That's your final, actually. You have to put yourself in the top two. This year we have the Olympics and now I have a goal. My goal is to be in the final. Like my coach says, anything can happen once you are in the final. I am from this village called Medingen. It's a dusty place, to be honest. There's no track. There's no grass. There's nothing, there is just dust everywhere. So, it was challenging. I started running when I was doing physical education in grade four. And that's where I thought, ‘Let me just try this thing of running. Let me see where I can go. Then I just started running and we started visiting other schools.” The goal for this year is to run 1:56. I didn’t tell the coach yet. But that's my goal and I know I'm going to do it. I wrote it in my diary. I just have to keep consistent in my training. Prudence Sekgodiso on becoming South Africa's new middle-distance queen,22 May 2024,By Ockert de Villiers For me, it was a good year. Running for sub-two minutes opened doors for me to go to the Diamond League in Rabat, competing with the biggest names in the world. I didn’t win a gold medal at the African championships, but I am happy with the podium finish. It was difficult running at the World Championships in America, and I will use that experience to learn more. We are training and working on our weakness with the coach in Pretoria as we build up to 2023. Some of the races, were good and some were bad, and so we move on. I am Prudence, and I am eager to write my own history and not be compared to a legend. Caster is big and I do not want to be compared to her. I have not had the opportunity to talk to her and I would grab the opportunity if it came. I want to run my own races and focus on what my coach tells me to do on the track. Rising SA middle-distance star Prudence Sekgosido reflects on 2022, December 30 2022 External links Category:Runners Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from South Africa Category:Women in sports Category:Women from South Africa Category:2002 births Category:Women born in the 2000s