Lee Eppie
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| Birth name | Lee Bhekempilo Eppie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Botswana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400m: 45.20 (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lee Bhekempilo Eppie (born 18 May 1999) is a sprinter from Botswana. He was a silver medalist at the 2024 African Championships over 400 metres and a bronze medalist in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2025 World Athletics Relays.[1]
Early life
[edit]In 2012 he started competing in athletics at primary school, and continued at both junior and senior school under the tutelage of Johnson Kubisa. In 2019, he moved to the United States to study and train at Mississippi State University.[2]
Career
[edit]He was a silver medalist for Botswana in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2017 African U20 Championships in Athletics in Tlemcen, Algeria.[3]
He won a silver medal at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics in the Men's 400 metres, running a personal best of 45.39 seconds to finish runner-up to Senegalese athlete Cheikh Tidiane Diouf in Douala, Cameroon in June 2024.[4][2] He was named for the Botswana relay pool for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in August 2024, although he did not race at the Games.[2][5]
In March 2025, he lowered his personal best to 45.20 seconds for the 400 metres.[6] He was selected to compete for Botswana at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, winning a bronze medal as the Botswana men's 4 x 400 metres relay team came third in a time of 2:58.27.[7][8][9]
Personal life
[edit]Whilst he was studying at Mississippi State University, he was a roommate of Jamaican Olympic athlete Navasky Anderson.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Lee Bhekempilo Eppie". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ a b c "Eppie ending: New 400m ace bouyant ahead of new season". Thevoicebw.com. 9 October 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "2017 African U20 Athletics Championships". Athletics Podium. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Eppie Hopes To Continue State's Olympic 4x400m Relay Success". Hailstate. July 31, 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Weight on Scotch in relay title defence". mmegi.bw. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "USA, Spain and South Africa claim 4x400m titles in Guangzhou". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Step Up And Be Stars". thevoicebw.com. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Mississippi State's partners in Paris". secsports. July 29, 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
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