Mbulaeni MULAUDZI

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi - South Africa - 2009 World 800m Champion, 2004 Olympic silver medalist.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 19 August 2009

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Monday, 08 September 1980
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Rent-meester Tuks, South Africa. Died 24th. October 2014 Aged 34.
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Mbulaeni MULAUDZI - South Africa - 2009 World 800m Champion, 2004 Olympic silver medalist.

Mbulaeni Mulaudi races to victory in the men's 800 metres in

Berlin. The runner's shadows indicate the finishing order.


Mbulaeni Mulaudi was killed in a car accident on 24th. October 2014 He was  en route to a

Johannesburg athletics meeting, he died when his car overturned.

He was 34 years old.

 

2009 World Athletics Champs.
Men's 800m. Final
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1. Mbulaeni MULAUDZI   RSA   1: 45.29
2. Alfred Kirwa YEGO   KEN   1: 45.35
3. Yusuf SAAD KAMEL   BRN   1: 45.35
4. Yuriy BORZAKOVSKIY   RUS   1: 45.57
5. Amine LAALOU   MAR   1: 45.66
6. Nick SYMMONDS   USA   1: 45.71
7. Bram SOM   NED   1: 45.86
8. Marcin LEWANDOWSKI   POL   1: 46.17

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Mbulaeni is pictured above at the 2006 Grand Prix Final in Stuttgart.

He finished in first place in the 800m in a time of 1: 46.99.

A week later Mulaudzi represented Africa in the World Cup,

finishing in third place in the 800m behind Youssef Saad Kamel

and Bram Som.    Photo George herringshaw.  ©

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Men's 800m. 2006 Grand Prix Final


1. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi   RSA   1: 46.99
2. Bram Som   NED   1: 47.10
3. Wilfred Bungei   KEN   1: 47.22
4. William Yiampoy   KEN   1: 47.34
5. Khadevis Robinson   USA   1: 47.37
6. Youssef Said Kamel   BRN   1: 47.62
7. Amine Laalou   MAR   1: 47.91
8. Alfred Kirwa Yego   KEN   1: 48.01
 

Men's 800m. 2006 World Cup


1. Youssef Saad Kamel   ASI   1: 44.98
2. Bram Som   EUR   1: 45.13
3. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi   AFR   1: 45.14
4. Gary Reed   AME   1: 45.54
5. Dmitriy Bogdanov   RUS   1: 46.31
6. Khadevis Robinson   USA   1: 46.45
7. Florent Lacasse   FRA   1: 47.30
8. Jason Stewart   OCE   1: 49.01

 

 

Mbulaeni is pictured above (2828) racing towards the line in the final of the 800m at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

He won a  silver medal behind the fast finishing Russian Yuriy Borzakovskiy (2860), with Denmark's

Wilson Kipketer (1530) taking the bronze.          Photograph George Herringshaw.  ©

 


Olympic Games 2004

Men's 800m. Final.


1. Yuriy Borzakovskiy   RUS   1: 44.45
2. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi   RSA   1: 44.61
3. Wilson Kipketer   DEN   1: 44.65
4. Mouhssin Chehibi   MOR   1: 45.16
5. Wilfred Bungei   KEN   1: 45.31
6. Hezekiel Sepeng   RSA   1: 45.53
7. Djabir Said Guerni   ALG   1: 45.61
8. Ismail Ahmed Ismail   SUD   1: 52.49

 

 

The picture above shows Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, arms outstretched, crossing the finishing line to take the Gold medal in the 800m

at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.   Photo George Herringshaw.  ©


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2002 Commonwealth Games,

Men's 800m Final.


1 Mbulaeni MULAUDZI   Rsa   1: 46.32
2 Joseph Mutua   Ken   1: 46.57
3 Kris McCarthy   Aus   1: 46.79
4 Otukile Lekote   Bot   1: 47.04
5 Japhet Kimutai   Ken   1: 47.46
6 James Mcilroy   Nir   1: 47.77
7 Paskar Owor   Uga   1: 48.96
8 Glody Dube   Bot   2: 17.40

 

 

2004 World Indoor Championships, Budapest.

Men's 800m Final. 
1 Mbulaeni MULAUDZI   Rsa   1: 45.71
2 R Ramzi   Bur   1: 46.15
3 O Barbosa Dos Santos   Bra   1: 46.26

 

ANNUAL PROGRESS.


2013     1:47.46     New York City, NY     25 MAY
2012     1:45.78     Port Elizabeth     14 APR
2011     1:45.50     Roma (Stadio Olimpico)     26 MAY
2010     1:43.29     Monaco (Stade Louis II)     22 JUL
2009    1:42.86     Rieti     06 SEP  (Personnel best)
2008     1:43.26     Monaco (Stade Louis II)     29 JUL
2007     1:43.74     Monaco (Stade Louis II)     25 JUL
2006     1:43.09     Rieti     27 AUG
2005     1:44.08     Helsinki     25 JUL
2004     1:44.56     Bruxelles     03 SEP
2003     1:42.89     Bruxelles     05 SEP
2002     1:43.81     Zürich     16 AUG
2001     1:44.01     Zürich     17 AUG
2000     1:45.55     Budapest     22 JUL