Willie Mtolo

William Bhekizizwe Mtolo is a former South African long-distance runner, born in 1964, who mainly competed in marathons. Banned from international competition until 1992 by the apartheid-era sports boycott, he won the Johannesburg to Pretoria 50 km and the Durban Athletic Club Marathon in 1984, took the national marathon title in 1988 and 1989 and set a South African record of 2:10:18 in 1988. In his first year abroad he won the New York City Marathon and the Enschede Marathon, and he later won the Macau Marathon in 2000. He was twice runner-up at the Comrades Marathon and represented South Africa at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. He now organises charity peace runs in South African townships and runs the Willie Athletic Club.