Local Body Builder Gontse Sechele Ranked Number 4 In The World

Gontse Sechele has been ranked fourth during the National Amateur Body Building Association (NABBA) World Fitness Federation Championships held at Expo Cypress, Nicosia Cypress, early this month.

A press release from Seven Fifty Mils says the number one spot went to South Africa while Hungary and Iran got position two and three respectively. In the athletic category, another Motswana body builder, Tobokani Maletamotse came sixth out of 16 competitors. “Of the 14 competitors from across the globe including Austria, Australia, Brazil, France, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Korea, Lebanon, Malta, New Zealand, Serbia, South Africa and Botswana, Sechele competed under the extreme body category and was ranked in at number four,” it states.

It further explains that based on body type and fitness class, the judges paid attention to weight, height, symmetry, muscularity and condition, while four categories that the male competed under were athletics, performance, super and the ultimate extreme category which Sechele competed in. The release says the requirements to qualify in the extreme category are a minimum weight of 95kg and a minimum height of 1,75m, and that all categories have their height and weight requirements.

The press release quoted Sechele as saying that “it was a challenge competing for the first time in the extreme body category when I usually compete in the super body category. Everything to do with the competition was so professionally run and I could feel the intensity of the competitors and the aggressive desire to win.” According to the press release, the next step for Sechele will be to get ready for the WFF Pretoria Classic, which is an internationally ranked competition to be held in May 2018 at the University of South Africa (UNISA) campus in Pretoria.

His goal is to be ranked number one in the extreme category and to be the world champ. The 32-year-old has overcome poverty after having grown up in the small village of Hubona in the north of Botswana. He moved to Gaborone with a dream to become the best body builder in the world and has been doing body building for the past 15 years.

He has been Mr Botswana three times in 2009, 2011 and 2012. He was second placed in 2010 and fourth placed Mr Africa in 2012. He won the Boksburg Championships in 2013 and the National Amateur Body Building Association of South Africa (NABBA) Gauteng Championships in 2013. He came second at the World Body Building Federation (WBBF) in 2013, and third at the World Physique Federation (WPF) in 2013. He also came fifth at the Pretoria Classic in 2014 and third position at the NABBA/WFF Universe in Seoul, Korea, in 2014. He was the overall winner classic in 2014 and second at the NABBA SA 2014 Top 10, NABBA Universe in Australia in 2014. He came second at the Gaborone Classic in 2015 and second again at the WFF Universe in Florida, USA, in 2016.