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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | South African |
| Born | 27 December 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event | 400 m |
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| Personal bests |
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Gardeo Isaacs (born 27 December 1998) is a South African sprinter. He became South African national champion in 2019 over 400 metres. [1]
From Parow, Cape Town he attended Stellenbosch University where he studied Management Accounting. [2]
He won the South African 400m national title in April 2019 in Germiston in a time of 45.39 seconds. [3] He won the 400m at the South African Varsity Athletics meet in 2019, running a time of 45.70 seconds. Later that year, he went on to win the bronze medal in 45.89 seconds for South Africa at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy. [2] He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha having also ran as a part of the team at the 2019 IAAF World Relays in Japan. [4] [5]
He ran for South Africa at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics in Mauritius. [6] He came third in the 400 metres at the South African Championships in Potchefstroom in 2023, in a new personal best time of 45.15 seconds. [7] [8]
In Pretoria, in March 2024, he ran a personal best 31.91 for the 300 metres. [9] He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [10] He competed in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11] [12]
He was selected for the South African relay pool at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, where he was a gold medalist in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay as the South African team set a new national record of 2:57.50 in the final. [13] [14] [15]
Selected for the 2025 World Athletics Championships, he ran in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay as the South African team finished sixth overall. [16] He was later a bronze medalist in the men's 4 x 400 metres relay after running in the opening round although not the final. [17]
