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
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	bgcolor=silver	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^[4]
	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	55.32
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	7th	400 m hurdles	54.94
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	bgcolor=gold	1st	400 m hurdles	54.86
			bgcolor=gold	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
2022	African Championships	Port Louis, Mauritius	7th	400 m hurdles	60.43

Personal bests

• 400 metres 52.03 s (2017)
• 400 metres hurdles 54.37s (2015)

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