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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High Jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 2.26m (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brian Raats (born 17 January 2004) is a South African track and field athlete. In 2024, he became national champion in the high jump. [1]
In 2022, aged 18 years-old, Raats jumped a personal best in the high jump of 2.26 metres in Potchefstroom. [2] He finished second in the high jump at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. [3] [4]
In March 2023, he won the South African U20 high jump title with a jump of 2.20 metres. [5] He then won the gold medal at the African U20 Championhips in Ndola, Zambia in 2023 with a jump of 2.15 metres. [6] [7]
In April 2024, he became the senior national high jump champion at the South African Athletics Championships in Pietermaritzburg. [8]
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