Roscoe Engel

Roscoe Engel (born 6 March 1989 in Cape Town[1]) is a South African sprinter.[2]

His personal bests are 10.06 in the 100 metres (+1.7 m/s, Pretoria 2018) and 20.44 in the 200 metres (+1.8 m/s, Pretoria 2018).

He also set a time of 15.17 over 150 meters (−0.3 m/s, Pretoria 2018) to beat Justin Gatlin the then reigning World 100m Champion.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  South Africa
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 26th (h) 100 m 10.72
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 39.70
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.72
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 14th (sf) 100 m 10.61
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.26
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 4th 100 m 10.45
9th (sf) 200 m 20.99
2018 African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 13th (sf) 100 m 10.63

References

  1. ^ Engel to fly high
  2. ^ Roscoe Engel at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata


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