Roscoe Engel

Roscoe Engel (born 6 March 1989 in Cape Town[1]) is a South African sprinter.[2]

His personal bests are 10.06 in the 100 metres (+1.7 m/s, Pretoria 2018) and 20.44 in the 200 metres (+1.8 m/s, Pretoria 2018).

He also set a time of 15.17 over 150 meters (-0.3 m/s, Pretoria 2018) to beat Justin Gatlin the then reigning World 100m Champion.

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  South Africa
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 26th (h) 100 m 10.72
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 39.70
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 38.72
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 14th (sf) 100 m 10.61
1st 4 × 100 m relay 39.26
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 4th 100 m 10.45
9th (sf) 200 m 20.99
2018 African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 13th (sf) 100 m 10.63

References
  1. Engel to fly high
  2. Roscoe Engel at World Athletics



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