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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 January 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m hurdles | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 400m: 52.72 (Gaborone, 2025) 400 mH: 56.16 (Bochum, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hannah van Niekerk (born 28 January 2005) is a South African hurdler. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 400 metres hurdles. [1]
From Boksburg, she attended Afrikaans Hoër Meisieskool in Pretoria as well as the University of Pretoria. [2] [3]
Racing in Belgium in June 2024, she lowered her personal best for the 400 metres hurdles to 58.21 seconds. [4]
She won bronze in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024. [5] [6] At the games she lowered her personal net to 56.98 seconds. [7]
On 12 April 2025, she ran her personal best of 52.72 seconds in the 400m at the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix in Gaborone, Botswana. She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025 as the South African team placed fifth in the final. [8] She ran her personal best of 56.16 seconds in the 400m hurdles, winning the semifinal of the FISU World University Games in Bochum, Germany.
