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| Born | 5 August 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put, Discus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Shot put: 20.74m (Lima, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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JL van Rensburg (born 5 August 2005) is a South African shot putter and discus thrower. [1]
He won gold in the shot put and silver in the discus at the 2023 African U20 Championships in Ndola, Zambia. [2] [3]
He won a silver medal in the shot put at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru with a personal best throw of 20.74m. [4] [5] In October 2024, he was named Sportsman of the Year by the Eden Sports Council. [6] [7]
In September 2024 he was recruited to study at Baylor University in the United States, studying mechanical engineering on a scholarship. [8]
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