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 33)
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
2011 Maputo 400 m hurdles
African Championships
2014 Marrakech 400 m hurdles
2016 Durban 400 m hurdles
2016 Durban 4x400 m relay
2018 Asaba400 m hurdles
Commonwealth Games
2018 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

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". .. Retrieved 16 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Wenda Nel at World Athletics
  5. Disqualified in the final


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