QUEEN OF TRACK AMANTLE MONTSHO (39) HONORED
BY:Bakang Raphala
The Queen of Track Amantle Montsho had a memorable night yesterday at the 41st Botswana Sports Awards held at Baisago Convention Centre walking home with two awards.
Montsho was honored scooping the Minister’s special award and WASBO Special award respectively.
Minister of Sports, Tumiso Rakgare said Montsho is a true ambassador of Botswana’s dreams and aspirations.
Meanwhile, Sprint Courier’s P10 000 WASBO award for Montsho is said to serve as a source of recognition and appreciation of what she accomplished in her career and show a black girl child that it is possible.
Montsho who officially hanged her spikes last expressed her heartfelt gratitude for having been given the awards.
Below is AMANTLE MONTSHO`S career in brief as per Wikipedia;
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Botswana |
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| 2003 | All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 14th (h) | 400 m | 55.06 |
| 2004 | African Championships | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 11th (h) | 400 m | 54.06 |
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 36th (h) | 400 m | 53.77 (NR) | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 40th (h) | 400 m | 53.97 |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 15th (sf) | 400 m | 53.07 |
| African Championships | Bambous, Mauritius | 2nd | 400 m | 52.68 | |
| 2007 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 5th | 200 m | 23.71 |
| 1st | 400 m | 51.13 (NR) | |||
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 12th (sf) | 400 m | 50.90 (NR) | |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 8th (sf) | 400 m | 53.21 |
| African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 1st | 400 m | 49.83 (CR) | |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 8th | 400 m | 51.18 | |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 8th | 400 m | 50.65 |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | 400 m | 52.53 |
| African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | 400 m | 50.03 | |
| Continental Cup | Split, Croatia | 1st | 400 m | 49.89 | |
| Commonwealth Games | New Delhi, India | 1st | 400 m | 50.10 | |
| 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:38.44 | |||
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 1st | 400 m | 49.56 (NR) |
| All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 1st | 400 m | 50.87 | |
| 2012 | African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 1st | 400 m | 49.54 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.27 (NR) | |||
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 4th | 400 m | 49.75 | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 2nd | 400 m | 49.41 |
| 16th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:38.96 | |||
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 11th (sf) | 400 m | 51.28 |
| 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:28.00 | |||
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 1st | 400 m | 50.15 |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.86 | |||
| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.96 |
| 2021 | World Relays | Chorzów, Poland | 11th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.99 |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | – | 400 m | DNF | |
