| Brian Raats | |
| Honorific Suffix: | OLY |
| Relatives: | Charl Raats (Father), Elsabe Raats (Mother), Muranda Klaassen (Sister), Diane Oosthuizen (Sister) |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Sport: | Track and Field |
| Event: | High Jump |
| Birth Date: | 17 January 2004 |
| Pb: | High jump: 2.26m (2022) |
Brian Raats (born 17 January 2004) is a South African track and field athlete. In 2024, he became national champion in the high jump.[1]
In 2022, aged 18 years-old, Raats jumped a personal best in the high jump of 2.26 metres in Potchefstroom.[2] He finished second in the high jump at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[3] [4] In 2022, he was nominated for South African Junior Athlete of the Year.[5]
In March 2023, he won the South African U20 high jump title with a jump of 2.20 metres.[6] He then won the gold medal at the African U20 Championships in Ndola, Zambia in 2023 with a jump of 2.15 metres.[7] [8]
In April 2024, he became the senior national high jump champion at the South African Athletics Championships in Pietermaritzburg.[9]