15 Facts About Amantle Montsho

Amantle Montsho was born on July 4,1983 and is a former female sprinter from Botswana who specialized in the 400 metres.

Amantle Montsho represented her country at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the final at the latter edition.

Amantle Montsho was the first woman to represent Botswana at the Olympics.

Amantle Montsho competed at the World Championships in Athletics and the IAAF World Indoor Championships, and was the former World Champion over the 400m, winning in a personal best time of 49.56 in Daegu.

Amantle Montsho has competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the World Championships in 2005 and 2007 without reaching the finals.

Amantle Montsho won the silver medal at the 2006 African Championships and the gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games.

Amantle Montsho ran at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships but did not reach the final after a poor showing in the semifinal.

Amantle Montsho reached her first world final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but her time of 51.18 left her in the last position.

Amantle Montsho ran slower in the final than in the semis and finished last.

Amantle Montsho ended the year with a fifth-place finish at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final.

Amantle Montsho ran her fastest time of the year at the 2010 Continental Cup where, representing Africa, she beat Debbie Dunn to win the gold medal in 49.89 seconds.

Amantle Montsho extended her season further to compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Amantle Montsho won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia when she and fellow athlete Isaac Makwala made history by being the first athletes from the same country to win both the 400m women and mens in the same Commonwealth Games event.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Amantle Montsho failed a routine drugs test.

Amantle Montsho has schooled in Bonatla Primary School in Maun.