Wenda Nel Explained

Wenda Nel
Birth Place:Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa[1]
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Sport:Athletics
Event:400 metres hurdles
Education:University of Pretoria[2]
Coach:Irma Reyneke

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.

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.

Competition record

Representing
2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakech, Morocco17th (h)200 m24.33
2006World Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China45th (h)100m12.12 (+0.6 m/s)
35th (h)200m24.74 (-0.7 m/s)
17th (h)4 × 100 m relay46.90
2007African Junior ChampionshipsOuagadougou, Burkina Faso8th100 m hurdles15.73
2009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia9th (h)400 m hurdles57.89
2010African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya7th400 m hurdles57.70
2011UniversiadeShenzhen, China5th400 m hurdles56.76
5th4 × 400 m relay3:34.59
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea23rd (sf)400 m hurdles57.06
All-Africa GamesMaputo, Mozambiquebgcolor=silver 2nd400 m hurdles57.13
2012African ChampionshipsPorto Novo, Benin5th400 m hurdles57.06
4th4 × 400 m relay3:33.21
2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom5th (h)400 m hurdles56.38[4]
African ChampionshipsMarrakech, Moroccobgcolor=gold 1st400 m hurdles55.32
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China7th400 m hurdles54.94
2016African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africabgcolor=gold 1st400 m hurdles54.86
bgcolor=gold 1st4 × 400 m relay3:28.49 (CR, NR)
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil13th (sf)400 m hurdles55.83
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom10th (sf)400 m hurdles55.70
13th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:37.82
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia3rd400 m hurdles54.96
African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria3rd400 m hurdles57.04
2019African GamesRabat, Morocco6th400 m hurdles58.01
5th4 × 400 m relay3:41.17
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan17th (sf)400 m hurdles56.35
2022African ChampionshipsPort Louis, Mauritius7th400 m hurdles60.43

Personal bests

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 CWG bio. 30 April 2018.
  2. http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=nel-wenda-1051702/index.html NBC Rio 2016 bio
  3. Web site: Athletics NEL Wenda. dead. 2021-08-16. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 16 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816211616/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1304877-nel-wenda.htm.
  4. Disqualified in the final