Karabo More

Karabo More
Personal information
Born (2002-04-21) 21 April 2002 (age 24)
Orlando, Soweto, South Africa
Sport
CountrySouth Africa
SportAthletics
Events
Middle-distance running, Long-distance running, Cross country running
ClubBoxer Athletics Club
Coached byViolet Semenya and Caster Semenya
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800m: 2:04.03 (2026)
1500m: 4:05.90(2026)
Mile Run: 4:29:11  NR (2026)
5000m: 15:51.84 (2025)
10,000m: 37:16.79 (2023)
Road
5k: 16:38 (2025)
10k: 32:34 (2026)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  South Africa
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 Accra1500 m
Updated on 19 October 2026

Karabo More (born 21 April 2002) is a South African middle- and long-distance and cross country runner. She represented South Africa at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships and won the South Africa national title and the 2026 African Championships over 1500 metres that year.

Biography

From Orlando, Soweto, More had a top-ten finish during the Johannesburg leg of the 2023 Totalsports Women's Race. The following year, she began training with Violet Semenya in Pretoria as part of the Caster Semenya running group.

More won the South African national 4 km cross country title in September 2024, which she then followed with victory at the Boxer Super Run 5 km in Durban the following month. That month, she had a second-place finish at the Thembisa Mile 10 km, running 35:02 to finish as runner-up to her training partner Karabo Mailula.

Running for Athletics Gauteng North (AGN), More won the 5 km event at the 2025 Athletics South Africa (ASA) Road Running Championships in Phalaborwa, Limpopo. On 3 October, she won the 2 km cross country race at the South African Cross Country Trials, which was incorporated into the USSA Cross Country Championships, at Tshwane University of Technology. More subsequently represented South Africa in the mixed relay at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee in January 2026, placing sixth overall alongside Luan Munnik, Christopher Swart and Carina Viljoen.

In February, she won over 1000 metres in 2:39.72 at the USN Simbine Classic Shootout. In April, More won the South Africa national title over 1500 metres ahead of Prudence Sekgodiso. Later that month, she placed second to Sekgodiso in the 1500 metres in 4:11.90 at the Simbine Classic in South Africa. In May, More won the gold medal in 4:15.40 at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics in Accra, Ghana, ahead of Vivian Chebet Kiprotich of Kenya. More won in the mile run in 4:37 at the ASA Road Running Championships on 27 June in Gqeberha. More was a finalist in the mile at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

References

  1. ↑ "Karabo More". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "'There's some light' - Karabo More reflects on excellent 2024 & looks ahead to Boxer Super Run Tshwane 5km". The Top Runner. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "'I had some doubts' - Mashele celebrates birthday with victory and fastest 5km time on SA Soil at Boxer Super Run". The Top Runner. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Potch Track Club dominates Thembisa Mile as Gelant wins 10km & Munnik takes star-studded mile". Top Runner. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  5. ↑ Callaghan, Rowan. "Karabo More: SA 5km champion ready to conquer the road ahead". The Star. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "KARABO MAILULA WINS ATHLETICS SOUTH AFRICA'S 2025 CROSS-COUNTRY TRIALS". gsport. October 5, 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "46th World Athletics Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 10 Jan 2026. Retrieved 11 Jan 2026.
  8. ↑ "Solid Top-Ten Finishes for Team SA at World Cross Country Champs in Florida". gsport.co.za. 11 Jan 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "RUMÉ BURGER AND KARABO MORE SHINE AT USN SIMBINE CLASSIC SHOOTOUT". gsport. February 10, 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Consistent Dambile confirms his 200m dominance". Teamsa.co.za. 19 April 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "PRUDENCE SEKGODISO LEADS SOUTH AFRICAN PODIUM SWEEP AT SUPERSPORT SIMBINE CLASSIC". gsport. April 29, 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "African Athletics Championships 2026: Julius Yego wins historic sixth javelin gold, Zimbabwe stuns favourites to win 4x400m title". Olympics.com. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "CACISILE SOSIBO BOOKS COPENHAGEN PLACE WITH NATIONAL HALF-MARATHON TITLE IN GQEBERHA". gsport. 27 June 2026. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  14. ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
  15. ↑ Lemke, Gary (24 June 2026). "SASCOC announces Commonwealth Games squad and kit reveal". teamsa.co.za. Retrieved 26 June 2026.