What is Mbulaeni Mulaudzi?
[[File:Osaka07 D7A Mbulaeni Mulaudzi.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Mulaudzi in August 2014]] '''Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi''' (8 September 1980 – 24 October 2014) was a [[South Africa]]n [[middle distance track event|middle distance]] runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the [[Flag of South Africa|flag]] at the opening ceremony of the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]. He later won a silver medal for the 800m there. He was born in [[Muduluni]], [[Transvaal Province]]. He became South Africa's first black athlete to be ranked number one in the world.<ref>[http://www.time-to-run.co.za/news/2006/jul-sept/190906.htm From dusty Village to World Traveler - Mbulaeni Mulaudzi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014084240/http://www.time-to-run.co.za/news/2006/jul-sept/190906.htm |date=2007-10-14 }}. Time to Run. Retrieved on 2009-08-23.</ref> Mulaudzi died in a car crash on 24 October 2014 at the age of 34 in [[Mpumalanga]].<ref>[http://ewn.co.za/2014/10/24/SA-Olympic-athlete-killed-in-car-crash SA Olympic athlete killed in car crash]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulaudzi, Mbulaeni}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:South African athletes]] [[Category:Olympic medalists for South Africa]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists]] [[Category:Road accident deaths]] [[Category:Middle-distance runners]] {{sports-bio-stub}}