Human Interest |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Taipei Athletics Club: Botswana |
Why this sport? |
She was encouraged by her sports teacher. |
General Interest |
Awards and honours |
She was named 2004 National Sportswoman of the Year. (gov.bw, 21 Mar 2006)
In 2004 she was the first ever Botswanan woman to enter the Olympics. (nytimes.com, 22 Apr 2012)
In 2008 she won the Botswanan Sportswoman and Sportsperson of the Year. (iaaf.org, 20 Jun 2010) |
Sport Specific Information |
Name of coach |
Anthony Koffi |
General Interest |
Other information |
FIRE In 2005, her home in Mabudutsa was gutted by fire and she lost all her belongings. (iaaf.org, 20 Jun 2010) |