Young Talkmore Nyongani (born 2 September 1983) is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 44.96 seconds, achieved in March 2005 in Pretoria. He carried the flag for Zimbabwe at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Nyongani started running in his rural home of Makonde at Alaska mine near Chinhoyi before he was brought to the capital Harare by the Millennium Athletics Academy, which is one of Zimbabwe's school of athletics excellence. He then took part at the World Junior Championships in Jamaica. In 2003, Nyongani was awarded a scholarship and spent time in Dakar, Senegal.
Competition record Representing 2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica4th400 m45.93Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom22nd (qf)400 m47.14 –4 × 400 m relayDQAfrican ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia5th200 m21.162003All-Africa GamesAbuja, Nigeria15th (sf)400 m47.45 3rd4 × 400 m relay3:05.622004African ChampionshipsBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo 3rd400 m45.69 1st4 × 400 m relay3:02.38Olympic GamesAthens, Greece28th (h)400 m46.032005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland20th (sf)400 m47.2017th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:08.262006African ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius 3rd400 m45.602007All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria 2nd400 m45.76 3rd4 × 400 m relay3:04.84World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan23rd (h)400 m46.232008Olympic GamesBeijing, China30th (h)400 m45.892009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany26th (h)400 m45.92
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