Lydia Casey Jele (née Mashila; born 22 June 1990) is a Botswana athlete competing primarily in the 400 metres.^[2] She participated in the relay at the 2013 World Championships without qualifying for the final. She ran the 400 meters at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She qualified by winning the Botswana Athletics Association Championships.^[3]

Her personal bests are 11.51 in the 100 metres, 24.55 in the 200 metres (-0.1 m/s, Shenzhen 2011) and 52.65 in the 400 metres (Porto Novo 2012). Jele is a Latter-day Saint.^[4]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Botswana
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	6th	4x400 m relay	3:38.44
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	27th (sf)	200 m	24.77
			21st (sf)	400 m	55.06
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	18th (h)	400 m	57.68
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	11th (sf)	400 m	53.60
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:31.27
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	12th (sf)	400 m	53.57
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	16th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:38.96
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	7th	200 m	23.77
			9th (h)	400 m	53.37
			3rd	4x400 m relay	3:40.28
2015	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	13th	4x400 m relay	3:35.76
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	8th	400 m	53.85
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:32.84
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	4th	400 m	52.41
			4th	4x400 m relay	3:31.54
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	27th (h)	400 m	52.24
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	6th	4x400 m relay	3:30.13
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	13th (sf)	400 m	51.57
			7th	4x400 m relay	3:28.00
2022	African Championships	Port Louis, Mauritius	6th	400 m	53.58
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.85
2024	African Games	Accra, Ghana	7th	400 m	53.05
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.44
	African Championships	Douala, Cameroon	5th	400 m	52.72
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.13

• Lydia Jele at World Athletics
• Lydia Jele at Diamond League
• Lydia Jele at Olympics.com
• Lydia Jele at Olympedia