Wenda Nel

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.

Wenda Nel
Nel in 2017
Personal information
Born30 July 1988 (1988-07-30) (age 35)
Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa[1]
EducationUniversity of Pretoria[2]
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country South Africa
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres hurdles
Coached byIrma Reyneke
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  South Africa
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo 400 m hurdles
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Marrakech 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Durban 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Durban 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place2018 Asaba400 m hurdles
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Gold Coast400 m hurdles

She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Her personal best in the event is 54.37 from 20 May 2015.[4]

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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[5]
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
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 10th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.70
13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.82
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 3rd 400 m hurdles 54.96
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 3rd 400 m hurdles 57.04
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 6th 400 m hurdles 58.01
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:41.17
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 17th (sf) 400 m hurdles 56.35
2022 African Championships Port Louis, Mauritius 7th 400 m hurdles 60.43

Personal bests
  • 400 metres 52.03 s (2017)
  • 400 metres hurdles 54.37s (2015)

References
  1. "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. NBC Rio 2016 bio
  3. "Athletics NEL Wenda". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. Wenda Nel at World Athletics
  5. Disqualified in the final


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