Zenéy Geldenhuys
- 400 m: 50.81 (2023)
- 400 m hurdles: 54.47 (2022)
Women's athletics | ||
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Representing South Africa | ||
African Championships | ||
2022 Saint Pierre | 400 m hurdles | |
2022 Saint Pierre | 4x400 m relay | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
2022 Birmingham | 400 m hurdles | |
Universiade | ||
2019 Naples | 400 m hurdles | |
World Youth Championships | ||
2017 Nairobi | 400 m hurdles | |
2018 Tampere | 400 m hurdles |
Zenéy Geldenhuys (née van der Walt; born 22 May 2000) is a South African athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2022 African Champion, and in the 400 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2022 African Champion with the South African women's team.
She also won gold medals at the 2017 World U18 Championships and the 2018 World U20 Championships. In 2019, she won a silver medal at the Universiade.[1]
Early life and background
Zenéy van der Walt was born on 22 May 2000 in Pretoria, South Africa.[2]
She started practising athletics around the age of six.[3][4]
As of 2022, she was studying education at the University of Pretoria.[3][4]
Personal bests
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[5]
Individual events
Type | Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
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Outdoor | 200 metres | 23.84 | Celle Ligure, Italy | 19 July 2023 | (Wind: +0.5 m/s) |
300 metres | 36.62 | Pretoria, South Africa | 18 February 2023 | ||
400 metres | 50.81 | Pretoria, South Africa | 12 April 2023 | ||
100 metres hurdles | 14.05 | Pretoria, South Africa | 4 March 2023 | (Wind: +0.7 m/s) | |
400 metres hurdles | 54.47 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 6 August 2022 |
Season's bests
Year | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles |
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2015 | — | 55.67 | — |
2016 | — | 55.10 | 59.31 |
2017 | 24.95 | 55.34 | 57.94 |
2018 | 24.55 | — | 55.05 |
2019 | 25.27 | 52.89 | 55.73 |
2020 | — | — | — |
2021 | 23.93 | 52.94 | 55.89 |
2022 | 24.03 | 51.90 | 54.47 |
2023 | 23.84 | 50.82 | 54.82 |
2024 | 23.34 | 51.71 | 54.72 |
Key: Lifetime best (in bold)
Team events
Type | Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
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Outdoor | 4 x 400 metres relay women | 3:29.34 | Saint Pierre, Mauritius | 12 June 2022 | Teamed with Miranda Coetzee, Taylon Bieldt, and Precious Molepo.[6] |
International competitions
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[5]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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2017 | World U18 Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 58.23 | |
2018 | World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 55.34 | |
2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 55.73 | |
7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.97 | ||||
African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 57.67 | ||
5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:41.17 | ||||
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 31st (h) | 400 m hurdles | 57.11 | ||
2022 | African Championships | Port Louis, Mauritius | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 56.00 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.34 | ||||
World Championships | Eugene, United States | 16th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 54.81 | ||
14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:46.68 | ||||
Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 54.47 | ||
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 21st (sf) | 400 m | 51.54 | |
21st (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.49 | ||||
2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 9th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 53.90 |
References
- ^ "Van der Walt wins silver in 400m-hurdles at the World Student Games". supersport.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Zenéy van der Walt", Eurosport, 1 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Reaching New Heights", JAN Online, 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b Rudene Hare, "Zenéy van der Walt: “I Am Very Grateful for the Bronze Medal”", Gsport, 18 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Zenéy van der Walt", World Athletics. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "African Athletics Championships Women's 4x400m", World Athletics. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
External links
- Zenéy van der Walt at World Athletics
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- 1999: Jana Pittman (AUS)
- 2001: Camile Robinson (JAM)
- 2003: Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)
- 2005: Ebony Collins (USA)
- 2007: Dalilah Muhammad (USA)
- 2009: Vera Rudakova (RUS)
- 2011: Nnenya Hailey (USA)
- 2013: Helene Swanepoel (RSA)
- 2015: Sydney McLaughlin (USA)
- 2017: Zenéy van der Walt (RSA)