Shaun Maswanganyi

Phatutshedzo “Shaun” Maswanganyi (born 1 February 2001) is a South African track and field athlete.

Personal life
Born in Soweto, he attended St Alban’s College in Pretoria. He started a finance degree at the University of Houston in 2019.

Career
At the 2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, he won the silver medal in the 100 metres and the gold medal in the 200 metres. He’s the current South African 60m Indoor U20 National Record holder (6.65) and current South African U20 National 100m record holder (10.06). In The American Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Maswanganyi ran the 100m in 9.87 seconds which would have been a new South African senior record had it not been wind assisted. He won gold in the 200m running a wind assisted 19.93 seconds. On 31 May 2021 he secured a double qualification for both the 100m and 200m events for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Maswanganyi ran a new 100m personal best time of 9.91s to finish third at the NCAA Championship final in June 2023 in Austin, Texas.

Competing in the 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in 2023 he qualified for the semi finals.

In February 2024, he set a new South African indoors 200m record in Texas, running 20.41 to better the mark of 20.45 by Ncincilili Titi which had stood since 2018.

In June 2024, he was selected for the South Africa team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.