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| Born | 5 August 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put, Discus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Shot put: 19.06m (2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 using 6kg. [4] [5] In October 2024, he was named Sportsman of the Year by the Eden Sports Council. [6] [7]
On 1 March 2025, he achieved his personal best in shot put of 19.06m at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas, USA. His best distance of 52.76m in the discuss was achieved on 17 May 2025 at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship held in Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
In September 2024 he was recruited to study at Baylor University in the United States, studying mechanical engineering on a scholarship. [8]
