Gardeo Isaacs

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Gardeo Isaacs
Gardeo Isaacs (cropped).jpg
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 26)
Sport
Sport Track and Field
Event 400 m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
World Relays
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Guangzhou 4×400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Nassau 4×400 m relay
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Douala Mixed 4×400 m relay
Summer Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Naples 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Naples 400m

Gardeo Isaacs (born 27 December 1998) is a South African sprinter. He became South African national champion in 2019 over 400 metres. [1]

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Early life

From Parow, Cape Town he attended Stellenbosch University where he studied Management Accounting. [2]

Career

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]

References

  1. "Gardeo Isaacs". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 Singh, Kimara (28 January 2021). "Former WUG bronze medallist hopes to make Olympic dream a reality". fisu.net. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. "South African Championships". World Athletics. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  4. Isaacson, David (18 September 2019). "Athletics SA names 31 for world champs as it scraps tough selection standards". Herald live.co.za. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  5. Isaacson, David (12 May 2019). "SA Relay team flies in Japan despite hiccups". Timeslive. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. "Caster Semenya gets her first international assignment at 5,000m". Sowetanlive. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  7. "SU athletes eye rest of season after medals at national championships". smfnews. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  8. "South African Championships". World Athletics. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  9. Wafula, Abigael (19 March 2024). "Letsile Tebogo strikes the internet with powerful quote after ASA Grand Prix exploits". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  10. "4X400 METRES RELAY". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. "Men's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  12. "More SA athletes for Paris Olympics announced". SuperSport. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  13. "South Africa select a team of 19 for World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25". Athletics.Africa. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  14. "World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 25: South Africa and Spain upset favourites in men's and women's 4x400m finals". Olympics.com. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  15. "USA, Spain and South Africa claim 4x400m titles in Guangzhou". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.