Wenda Nel

Wenda Nel

Nel in 2015
Personal information
Born	30 July 1988 (1988-07-30) (age 29)
Education	University of Pretoria[1]
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	South Africa
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres hurdles
Coached by	Irma Reyneke
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  South Africa All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo 400 m hurdles African Championships 2014 Marrakech 400 m hurdles 2016 Durban 400 m hurdles 2016 Durban 4x400 m relay

Wenda Nel (née Theron; born 30 July 1988) is a South African athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. She competed at the 2011 World Championships reaching the semifinals.

Her personal best in the event is 54.37 from 20 May 2015.^[2]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  South Africa
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	17th (h)	200 m	24.33
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	45th (h)	100m	12.12 (+0.6 m/s)
			35th (h)	200m	24.74 (-0.7 m/s)
			17th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	46.90
2007	African Junior Championships	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	8th	100 m hurdles	15.73
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	9th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.89
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	7th	400 m hurdles	57.70
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	5th	400 m hurdles	56.76
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:34.59
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	23rd (sf)	400 m hurdles	57.06
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	2nd	400 m hurdles	57.13
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	5th	400 m hurdles	57.06
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.21
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th (h)	400 m hurdles	56.38[3]
	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	1st	400 m hurdles	55.32
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	400 m hurdles	54.94
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	1st	400 m hurdles	54.86
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.49 (CR, NR)
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.83

Personal bests

• 400 metres 52.09 s (2015)

References