South African hurdler
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.[4]
Competition record [ edit ] Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing South Africa 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 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 [5] African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 1st 400 m hurdles 55.32 2015 World Championships Beijing, China 7th 400 m hurdles 54.94 2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st 400 m hurdles 54.86 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 [ edit ] 400 metres 52.03 s (2017) 400 metres hurdles 54.37s (2015) References [ edit ]