Muzala Samukonga
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_2024.jpg) Samukonga at the 2023 African Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Zambian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 December 2002 Lusaka, Zambia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Zambia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Muzala Samukonga (born 9 December 2002)[2] is a Zambian track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. In 2022, at the age of 19, he won gold medals at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and African Championships.[3] A flagbearer for Zambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Samukonga won the bronze medal in the 400 metres event.
Samukonga competed in the 400 metres at the 2021 World Under-20 Championships in Kenya, where he finished in fifth place after with a time of 45.89 s.[4]
In March 2022, he recorded a new personal best in the event of 45.65 s in Botswana.[5] On 10 June, Samukonga won the gold medal in the 400 m at the 2022 African Championships in Mauritius, upsetting Bayapo Ndori in the final with a time of 45.31 s.[6][7] His victory ended a ten-year reign of athletes from Botswana in the event, namely Isaac Makwala and Baboloki Thebe.[7][8] It also qualified him for the 2022 World Athletics Championships the following month in Eugene, Oregon.[9]
In September 2024, it was announced that he had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.[10]
