U-William Bhekizizwe ‘Willie’ Mtolo wazalwa ngo-1965 Emakhuzeni-Kilmon, wakhulela e-Hillcrest. UMtolo uyingqwele yomjaho waseNingizimu Afrika, owake wanqoba i-New York Marathon waphinde wahlabana kabili ku-Comrades Marathon. Uke wabamba iqhaza kuma-marathoni angaphezu kuka-23 eNingizimu Afrika nasemhlabeni jikelele.
Ugijime i-Comrades Marathon yakhe yokuqala eneminyaka engu-18 lapho aphothula khona lo mjaho ngo-6:10 ohloniphekile. Ngaleso sikhathi uMtolo wayenza umsebenzi othile ezingadini zase-Hillcrest ukuze athole imali ethe xaxa, kanti omunye wabaqashi bakhe, u-Kim Carlson, wayezoba ngumthombo omkhulu weseluleko nosizo olujwayelekile emsebenzini wakhe omusha. Umqeqeshi wokuqala ayenaye kwakungu-Richard Campbell, owasiza ukuthatha umgijimi wamisa kwelinye izinga.
Unqobe ama-marathon ayisishiyagalolunye, kufaka phakathi i-J.S.E. I-Marathon 56km (1985); I-S.A. Marathon (1988); I-Ford Marathon (1988); I-Oceans Marathon emibili (1990); ne-Peninsula Marathon (1990). Kanye ne-Rotterdam Marathon (1993); I-Kosice Marathon (1998); I-Macau Marathon (2000) ne-Hong Kong Marathon ngo-2001.
Ngo-2011 uMtolo waqhamuka ohlelweni lokuqongelela osaziwayo olwaqala eGoli lwasebenza lwaya e-Port Shepstone, lwanyusa izimali zezindawo zokunakekela abagulayo futhi lwaqhakambisa nosizi lwalabo abathintekayo noma abangenwe yi-HIV / Aids.
UMtolo uhlela imikhankaso esiza umphakathi yokuthula emalokishini lapho abaMnyama babevinjelwe khona ngaphansi kwemigomo yobandlululo. Uvule eyakhe i-athlete academy ebizwa nge-Willie Athletic Club. Umphathi kaMtolo weminyaka kwakungu-Ray de Vries.
“Lo mdlalo ubumuhle kimi, futhi ngaphandle kwawo bengingeke ngibe lapho ngikhona namuhla, futhi bengingeke ngibone amazwe amaningi kangaka emhlabeni jikelele,” kusho uMtolo.