Collen Kebinatshipi

2024: Olympic medalist He ran as part of the victorious Botswanan relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.

He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, running a personal best time to reach the semi-finals. He also competed in the men's relay at the Games, winning the silver medal with the Botswana relay team.

2025: World Champion He ran 44.53 seconds to finish third in the 400 metres at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025. He also finished third in the 400 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025, in a time of 44.63 seconds. He ran 44.51 seconds the place third in the 400 metres at the Diamond League event at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025.

In April 2025, Kebinatshipi finished second in the 200 metres event at the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix, which qualified him for the World Championships. In July 2025, he placed second over 200 metres in the men's U23 race at the 2025 Herculis, behind race winner Gout Gout, running 20.28 seconds. He placed seventh over 400 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.

In September 2025, he became the world champion over 400 metres competing at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. He ran a season's best 44.48 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals, before winning his semi-final in a personal best 43.61 seconds. The final he won in another personal best and Botswana national record of 43.53 seconds. He later won a gold medal as part of the Botswana team in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay.

2026: Diamond League record holder Kebinatshipi ran 44.55 seconds in his first 400 m race of the year in March 2026, also running a wind-assisted 100 m time of 9.75 seconds that month. In April 2026, he ran 9.89 seconds for the 100 metres in both the semi-final (0.8 m/s) and in winning the final (1.2 m/s) of the Botswana Championships. In doing so, he became only the fourth man in history to break 44 seconds for 400 m and the 10-second barrier in the 100 m, after Wayde van Niekerk, Michael Norman and Fred Kerley.

Competing at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, he ran in the final of the men's 4 × 400 m relay as the Botswana team ran a championship and national record of 2:54.47 to win the gold medal and move to third on the world all-time list. On 23 May, he secured the first Diamond League win of his career, running a meeting record of 43.92 at the 2026 Xiamen Diamond League. On 28 June, Kebinatshipi broke the Diamond League record with 43.54 to win the 400 metres at the 2026 Meeting de Paris. On 4 July, he ran 44.00 to win at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic. On 10 July, he ran a national record of 43.44 to improve his own Diamond League record and move to joint-sixth on the world all-time list at the 2026 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco. On 23 August, he ran 43.59 seconds to win in the Diamond League over 400 m at the 2026 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Silesia, Poland.

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