Glenrose Xaba Explained

Glenrose Xaba
Birth Date:1994 12, df=yes
Country:South Africa
Sport:Long-distance running

Glenrose Xaba (born 31 December 1994) is a South African long-distance runner. She competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark, where she finished in 67th place.[1]

Career

She competed in the junior women's race at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[2]

In 2015, she won the silver medal in the women's 10,000 metres at the South African Athletics Championships held in Stellenbosch, South Africa. She also won the bronze medal in the women's 5000 metres event. In 2016, she competed in the women's 10,000 metres event at the African Championships in Athletics held in Durban, South Africa.

In 2017, she competed in the senior women's race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda.[3] She finished in 64th place.[3] In 2018, she competed in the senior women's race at the African Cross Country Championships held in Chlef, Algeria.

She competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[4]

She was not able to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan due to injury.[5]

Achievements

All information taken from World Athletics profile.

National titles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senior women's race. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200627195835/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=21598225. 27 June 2020. 27 June 2020. 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
  2. Web site: Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200906170740/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/5096/AT-XJ-W-f----.RS6.pdf. 6 September 2020. 1 November 2020. 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
  3. Web site: Senior women's race. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200629195556/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5837/AT-XSE-W-f--1--.RS5.pdf?v=1816003647. 29 June 2020. 29 June 2020. 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
  4. Web site: Women's Half Marathon. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017111945/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1284936714. 17 October 2020. 17 October 2020. 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships.
  5. News: 20 August 2021. Women's Month: Glenrose Xaba's quest to run faster beats standing records. IOL. 5 January 2022. 5 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220105231813/https://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/health/fitness/womens-month-glenrose-xabas-quest-to-run-faster-beats-standing-records-019d2702-5ac9-40ce-9f4e-c5f05dd5c03f. live.