15/04/2026
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BADMINTON ATHLETES LESOTHO
Weekly feature:
From Maputsoe to representing Lesotho across Africa — meet Tebello Selemela 🇱🇸🏸
If you’ve been around Lesotho badminton since 2014, you already know this name. If not, time to learn it.
Tebello Selemela
📍 Hometown: Maputsoe
🏸 Club: NUL Rovers Badminton Club — Chairperson
Club Ranking: #1
🇱🇸 National Ranking: #2
✍️ Playing since: 2014 | Right-handed | Events: Singles & Doubles
💥 Strongest shot: That forehand smash you hear before you see
Career Highlights:
🥇 Don Bosco Open Champion — 2020
🥉 Bronze — BCA All Africa Schools, Lusaka, Zambia 2019
🥈 Silver — NUL Open 2018, Don Bosco Open 2021 & 2024
🏅 2026 National Senior Championship Semi-Finalist
🌍 Represented Lesotho in South Africa, Zambia, Botswana
🗣️ Athletes’ Representative, Lesotho Badminton Association since 2022
Off the court:
🎓 5th Year Electronics Engineering (Honours)
🤖 Into robotics, pool, and coaching beginner players
🗣️ Languages: Sesotho & English
💡 Inspiration: Anuoluwapo Juwon Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori 🇳🇬
Goal: _“Develop elite athletes in Lesotho.”_
From Buffaloes Badminton Club to international debut in 2016, to chairing NUL Rovers today — Tebello has put in 12 years of work. Even qualified for Uganda 2019 but couldn’t attend due to finances. Still here. Still building.
“Ho tloha Maputsoe ho ea Afrika” — that’s the journey. And he’s not done.
Drop a 🇱🇸 and a “kea u lebohela” for Tebello 👇
Follow:
Facebook: Tebelllo Selemela
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Selemela is coached by Lerato Brandon Lepheane
Brandon Lepheane Rovers Badminton Club, BWF — Badminton World Federation , Badminton Confederation Africa