Danielle Nolte

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Danielle Nolte
Athletes Sud Africains Championnats d'Afrique d'athletisme 2024 Douala 17.jpg
Nolte in 2024
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 (age 23)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Long Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestLong jump: 6.61m (2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
African Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Douala Long jump

Danielle Nolte (born 11 January 2002) is a South African long jumper. She is a multiple-time national champion since 2022, and was the bronze medalist in the long jump at the 2024 African Championships. [1]

Career

She attended TuksSport High School in Pretoria. In 2019, she competed at the South Africa Junior Championships where she won a silver medal in the under-18 triple jump competition. She ended the season with the best distance in the long jump, of 5.80 metres. [2]

She is a member of Athletics Gauteng North (AGN). [3] She won the senior South African Athletics Championships for the first time in April 2022 with a jump of 6.22 metres in Cape Town. [4] [5] She placed sixth at the 2022 African Championships in Saint Pierre, Mauritius, with a long jump of 6.09 metres. [6] [7]

She was South African Athletics Championships long jump champion for the again in April 2023 with a jump of 6.31 metres. [8] She jumped a personal best 6.61 metres to win the South African Championships title in April 2024 in Pietermaritzburg. [9] She won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon in June 2024, behind Ese Brume and Marthe Koala. [10] [11]

She jumped 6.56 metres to win the second leg of the ASA Grand Prix Series in Johannesburg, on 19 March, 2025. [12] She retained her South African Championships title in April 2025 in Potchefstroom. [13] She jumped 6.56 metres in competition again at the Kip Keino Classic in May 2025. [14]

In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [15] [16]

References

  1. "Danielle Nolte". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. "TuksSport High School sprinter the one to beat during Twizza Grand Finale". up.ac.za. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  3. "Pretoria still the athletics Mecca of South Africa". Citizen.co.za. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  4. "South African Championships". World Athletics. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  5. "Sekgodiso and Sibiya stun rivals at 2022 ASA Senior Championships". Athletics.Africa. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  6. "MIRANDA COETZEE CLINCHES GOLD AT AFRICA CHAMPS". gsport. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  8. "Athletics Gauteng North (AGN) continues to be SA's top athletic force". Citizen.co.za. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  9. "GLENROSE XABA AND SHIRLEY NEKHUBUI WIN IMPRESSIVE SECOND GOLD MEDALS ON SATURDAY". gsport. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  10. "HUGE MEDALS HAUL BY WOMEN ATHLETES IN TEAM SA'S AFRICAN SENIOR CHAMPS WIN IN CAMEROON". gsport. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  11. "Brume sails to fourth title as Bass Bittaye and Moraa win at African Championships in Douala". World Athletics. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  12. "TUMI RAMOKGOPA BREAKS SA 100MH JUNIOR RECORD AT ASA GRAND PRIX 2". gsport. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  13. "South African Championships". World Athletics. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  14. "Nene scorches to fastest time in world for 2025". Teamsa.co.za. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  15. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  16. "Walaza rebounds from injury to be selected for World Athletics Championships". iol.co.za. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.