Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
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Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi OIB (8 September 1980 – 24 October 2014) was a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres.
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Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1980-09-08)8 September 1980 Muduluni, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 October 2014(2014-10-24) (aged 34) eMalahleni, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 800 metres: 1:42.86[1] 1500 metres: 3:38.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His first global medal was a silver at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics.[2] He later won a bronze at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, which came a year after his victory at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Mulaudzi was a gold medallist at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships and won two further silver medals at the competition in 2006 and 2008. He was a runner-up at continental level on three occasions, taking the 800 m silver at the African Championships in Athletics in 2000 and at the All-Africa Games in 2003 and 2007.[2] He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he became an Olympic silver medallist.
His personal best for the 800 m was 1:42.86 minutes. He ranked first on time in the 2006 and 2007 seasons, becoming the first Black South African to achieve such a feat.[3]