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Motswana athletics competitor

Gable Garenamotse (born 28 February 1977, in Gumare, North West) is a Botswana long jumper, who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games. In 1999 Garenamotse won the triple jump at the African Southern Region Championships, and participated in both long jump and triple jump at the World Championships. Having peaked at a 16.66 metres jump that year, a national record, he decided to concentrate on long jump from thereon. His first international medal was a bronze at the 21st Universiade in 2001. At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester Garenamotse placed second. He competed at the 2004 Olympics, without reaching the final. He repeated the second place four years later at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, setting a national record of 8.17 metres. In August the same year he improved to 8.27 metres. He won the gold medal at the 2007 All Africa Games. Gable Garenamotse did not reach the final at the 2007 World Championships, but finished fourth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, seventh at the 2008 African Championships and ninth at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Representing 1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia30th (q)Long jump6.92 m (wind: 0.4 m/s)14th (q)Triple jump15.32 m1998Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia6thTriple jump16.05 m1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain42nd (q)Long jump7.28 m38th (q)Triple jump15.53 mAll Africa GamesJohannesburg, South Africa11thLong jump7.19 m6thTriple jump15.70 m2001UniversiadeBeijing, China3rdLong jump7.99 m2002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom2ndLong jump7.91 mAfrican ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia8thLong jump7.80 m (w)2003World ChampionshipsParis, France29th (q)Long jump7.57 mAll Africa GamesAbuja, Nigeria5thLong jump7.82 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary18th (q)Long jump7.68 mOlympic GamesAthens, Greece25th (q)Long jump7.78 m2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia2ndLong jump8.17 mAfrican ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius6th4 × 100 m relay41.204thLong jump8.02 m2007All Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria1stLong jump8.08 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan20th (q)Long jump7.77 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain4thLong jump7.93 mAfrican ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia7thLong jump7.84 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China9thLong jump7.85 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7thLong jump8.06 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar15th (q)Long jump7.73 m