Charlene du Preez explained

Charlene du Preez (née Roux; born 4 December 1987) is a professional road and track cyclist from South Africa.

Career

Initially a road cyclist, du Preez was introduced to track racing in 2015.^[1] In 2018 she competed at the Commonwealth Games. In the Individual pursuit she finished 18th, and with the South African team in sixth place in the team pursuit.^[1]

In Pietermaritzburg in 2019 she became the African 500 meters champion, the African keirin champion and the African Individual Sprint Champion.^[2] In Cairo in 2020 she successfully defended all three of her titles and added the Team Sprint gold with Claudia Gnudi. She won all three individual titles again in 2021 for the third consecutive year. She holds 6 African track records.^[3]

She competed in both the women's sprint and the women's keirin at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Major results

2015

KZN Autumn Series

6th Freedom Day Classic

6th Hibiscus Cycle Classic

2016

9th 94.7 Cycle Challenge

2017

3rd Road race, African Road Championships

2019

African Track Championships

1st 500m time trial

1st Keirin

1st Sprint

2020

African Track Championships

1st 500m time trial

1st Keirin

1st Sprint

1st Team sprint

2021

African Track Championships

1st 500m time trial

1st Keirin

1st Sprint

Notes and References

Web site: Cycling Track | Athlete Profile: Charlene DU PREEZ - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Web site: South Africa tops medal table at 2019 African Continental Track Cycling Champs. 23 January 2019.
Web site: Charlene du Preez.
Web site: Cycling Track - du PREEZ Charlene. dead. 2021-08-16. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726092127/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/cycling-track/athlete-profile-n1304910-du-preez-charlene.htm . 2021-07-26 .