SIMBINE Akani

Date of Birth: 21 Sep 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Place of birth: JOHANNESBURG

Birth Country:

South Africa

Place of residence : JOHANNESBURG

Residence Country:

South Africa

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m	4
	Men's 4 x 100m Relay RSA South Africa

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Round 1 - Heat 6	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Semi-Final 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 100m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5th (9.94)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	100m	200m	4 x 100m
2019	Doha, QAT	4th (9.93)	-	5th (37.73)
2017	London, GBR	5th (10.01)	SF (20.62)	-
2015	Beijing, CHN	SF (10.02)	SF (20.37)	Heats (DNF)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Heats (10.38)	-	-

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 100m	4 x 200m
2021	Chorzow, POL	1st (38.71)	-
2019	Yokohama, JPN	Heats (38.66)	2nd (1:20.42)

African Championships

Year	Location	100m	4 x 100m
2018	Asaba, NGR	1st (10.25)	1st (38.25)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	100m
2021	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
2020	1 x 1st
2019	1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2018	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th, 2 x 5th
2017	1 x 1st, 2 x 3rd, 1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	100m	Florence, ITA	10.08
1	2020	100m	Rome, ITA	9.96
1	2019	100m	London, GBR	9.93
1	2017	100m	Doha, QAT	9.99
2	2021	100m	Monaco, MON	9.98
3	2019	100m	Shanghai, CHN	9.95
3	2018	100m	London, GBR	9.94
3	2017	100m	Monaco, MON	10.02
3	2017	100m	Lausanne, SUI	9.99
4	2019	100m	Monaco, MON	10.04
4	2018	100m	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	9.94

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	100m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	9.84
6	2021	200m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	20.25

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2019	100m	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	9.99
2	2018	100m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	10.13
3	2018	100m	World Challenge	Madrid, ESP	10.01
4	2019	100m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	10.08

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

AK, Akkie. (Liquid Telecom Facebook page, 18 Apr 2018)

Playing football, supporting English football team Chelsea. (Liquid Telecom Facebook page, 18 Apr 2018)

Occupation:

Computer Science - University of Pretoria, South Africa

Partner Jo Prins

Languages spoken:

Tuks Athletics Club [South Africa]

Werner Prinsloo [personal], RSA

Sporting relatives:

His partner is South African netball player Jo Prins, who has played for the U21 South African netball team and is aiming to play at the 2023 World Cup in South Africa. (diematie.com, 31 Oct 2019)

Other sports:

He played football while at high school for a semi-professional team in the South African second division. (mg.co.za, 08 Apr 2016)

A niggling hip injury affected him during the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (in-site.co.za, Aug 2018)

He suffered a hamstring injury at the 2016 National Championships in Stellenbosch, South Africa in April that year. (iol.co.za, 20 Apr 2016)

He suffered a knee ligament injury in October 2013. (varsitysportssa.com, 11 May 2014)

He began running in school. (worldathletics.org, 23 Jul 2016)

After starting his sporting career in football, he decided to switch to athletics. "The head of sports for my school team told me that I should try athletics and take it seriously because athletics could get me somewhere more than soccer, because soccer had a lot of politics and you had to know people to get into teams and in athletics you just have to run." (mg.co.za, 08 Apr 2016)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (thesouthafrican.com, 31 May 2020)

Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt. (Liquid Telecom Facebook page, 18 Apr 2018)

His parents and family. (Liquid Telecom Facebook page, 18 Apr 2018)

He likes to listen to music, especially hip hop, before competing. "I listen to a lot of hip hop. A friend asked me what song I listened to before the final [of the 100m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia] and it was a pop song. It was DJ Khaled's 'I'm the one'. And that was the last song I listened to before [winning gold]. I listen to a lot of hip hop, that can hype me up and just get me in a vibe, get me feeling good and just having good emotions." (Liquid Telecom Facebook page, 18 Apr 2018)

Philosophy:

"I always believe that I am a motivated athlete, but when times get tough I say to myself that I need to be one step ahead of my competitors at all times." (in-site.co.za, 08 Mar 2016)

In 2019 he was named Sportsman of the Year by the University of Pretoria's Tuks athletics club, and was also named Gauteng Sportsman of the Year by the regional government in Gauteng, South Africa. (Twitter profile, 26 Oct 2019)

General Interest

General
AIMING FOR THE PODIUM
He has won medals at the Commonwealth Games, African championships, World University Games and at Grand Prix events, but is yet to win a medal at the world championships or Olympic Games. "Not a day passes where I don't dream of holding the gold medal and being the fastest man and just achieving goals that I set for myself and showing the world that a South African boy can be the best in the world. I believe I can be the best, and if I'm in the sport, then I can't just say 'Oh well, Christian [Coleman] is running fast, Noah [Lyles] is running fast, [Justin] Gatlin is running fast, I can't beat them' - then I'm in the sport for the wrong reasons." (SportsDeskOnline, 23 Jan 2020; iol.co.za, 13 Aug 2019; uk.reuters.com, 13 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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