 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 November 2001 Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Discus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | Discus : 67.26m (Hattiesburg, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Francois Otieno Prinsloo (born 11 November 2001) is a South African discus thrower. [1]
From Worcester, South Africa, he attended Worcester Gymnasium for high school before leaving to the United States to attend the University of South Alabama. He won the Sun Belt discus championship for three consecutive years, and in 2024 also won the hammer throw. He was named the 2024 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Field Athlete of the Year. [2]
He was an African Youth Games winner in 2018 in Algiers. He was an African U20 Championships silver medallist in the discus in 2019 in Abidjan. [3] [4]
He met the qualifying standard for the 2024 Paris Olympics whilst competing for the University of South Alabama in Hattiesburg, Mississippi with a discus throw of 67.26 metres. [5] [6]
In June 2024 he won the NCAA Division I title in the discus with a throw of 63.51 metres in Eugene, Oregon. [7]
He competed in the discus throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024. [8] [9]
The men's discus throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–23 August. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at the Ancient Olympia Stadium, but it was discovered that the field was not large enough to accommodate the range of modern discus throwers, and would have posed a danger to spectators. As such, it was decided to move the discus throw and to hold the shot put at the ancient stadium, despite the fact that the shot put was not contested at the Ancient Olympic Games. Thirty-nine athletes from 26 nations competed.
The men's discus throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday, 24 September and Monday, 25 September. Forty-five athletes from 28 nations competed. The event was won by Virgilijus Alekna of Lithuania, the nation's second victory in the men's discus throw. Lars Riedel of Germany took silver, becoming the 13th man to win multiple discus throw medals. Frantz Kruger earned South Africa's first medal in the event with his bronze.
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