MAKWALA Isaac

Date of Birth: 24 Sep 1985

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: TUTUME

Birth Country:

Botswana

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 400m	7
	Men's 4 x 400m Relay BOT Botswana	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Semi-Final 3	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 400m Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 4 x 400m Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	SF (46.60)	5th (2:59.06)
2012	London, GBR	1R (45.67)	-

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	200m	400m	4 x 400m
2017	London, GBR	6th (20.44)	8th (DNS)	-
2015	Beijing, CHN	-	5th (44.63)	Heats (2:59.95)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Heats (20.84)	-	Heats (3:05.74)
2009	Berlin, GER	-	Heats (46.45)	-
2007	Osaka, JPN	-	-	Heats (3:05.96)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	3rd (3:04.77)
2017	Nassau, BAH	2nd (3:02.28)

African Games

Year	Location	400m
2019	Rabat, MAR	SF (46.55)

African Championships

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2018	Asaba, NGR	7th (DNF)

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

Year	200m	400m
2021	1 x 3rd	1 x 6th
2018	-	1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2017	1 x 4th	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2017	400m	Zurich, SUI	43.95
2	2018	400m	Shanghai, CHN	44.23
2	2017	400m	Monaco, MON	43.84
3	2021	200m	Oslo, NOR	20.61
3	2018	400m	Doha, QAT	44.92
3	2017	400m	Lausanne, SUI	44.08
4	2017	200m	Birmingham, GBR	20.41
6	2021	400m	Stockholm, SWE	45.03

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	200m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	20.37

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2018	200m	World Challenge	Osaka, JPN	19.96
1	2017	200m	World Challenge	Madrid, ESP	19.77
1	2017	400m	World Challenge	Madrid, ESP	43.92
2	2017	300m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	31.44
2	2017	400m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	45.29
2	2017	400m	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	46.27

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

Badman [he gave himself the nickname in 2014 after breaking national sprint records in Botswana]. (Facebook page, 20 Feb 2020; IAAF, 24 Aug 2015)

Watching football, spending time with friends. (Facebook page, 20 Feb 2020)

Occupation:

Trade - Carpenter

Wife Tsotso Makwala

Languages spoken:

English, Tswana

Francistown Athletics Club [Botswana]

Justice Dipeba [national], BOT

2006 for Botswana (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

In May 2018 he tore a tendon in his hamstring during a Diamond League event in Eugene, OR, United States of America. (thegazette.news, 12 Sep 2019)

In 2009 he suffered a hamstring injury that kept him out of action for two months. (Athlete, 27 Jul 2014)

He began sprinting at age 10. (worldathletics.org, 12 Apr 2018; Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

A teacher persuaded him to try athletics after seeing his running ability when he was playing football. "I loved the sport and the teachers encouraged me to do it. I wanted to feature more in an individual sport than a team sport." (worldathletics.org, 12 Apr 2018; Athlete, 11 Aug 2016; spikes.iaaf.org, 24 Mar 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to break the world record. (Making Of Champs YouTube channel, 28 Aug 2019; worldathletics.org, 12 Apr 2018)

US 400m runner Sanya Richards-Ross. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

His parents, and coach Justice Dipeba. (Athlete, 11 Aug 2016)

During competitions he wears a flashy yellow sleeve on his right forearm in tribute to his favourite athlete, US sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross. (IAAF, 24 Aug 2015)

General Interest

General
QUARANTINE
World Athletics [IAAF] excluded him from the 400m final at the 2017 World Championships in London, England, following fears he had the norovirus and that he could be contagious to other athletes. Having missed the heats, he was granted a time-trial to compete in the 200m once his 48-hour quarantine period was over and was able to qualify for the semifinals. He eventually placed sixth in the final. (SportsDeskOnline, 21 Feb 2020; standard.co.uk, 10 Aug 2017)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/ibmakwala
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Isaac-Badman-Makwala-1582460511991218

Legend

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

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