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

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

References

  1. NBC Rio 2016 bio
  2. Wenda Nel profile at IAAF
  3. Disqualified in the final


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