Jaco Engelbrecht

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Jaco Engelbrecht
Personal information
Born (1987-03-08) 8 March 1987 (age 37)
Education University of Johannesburg [1]
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight146 kg (322 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event Shot put
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
All-Africa Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Maputo Shot put
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville Shot put
African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Marrakech Shot put
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Durban Shot put

Jacobus Petrus Engelbrecht (born 8 March 1987) is a South African athlete specialising in the shot put. [2] He has won several medals on continental level. In addition, he represented his country at the 2014 World Indoor Championships without qualifying for the final.

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His personal bests in the event are 20.45 metres outdoors (Stellenbosch 2015) and 17.59 metres indoors (Sopot 2014).

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 7thShot put 18.97 m
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 2ndShot put 18.89 m
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 4thShot put 17.91 m
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 5thShot put 19.48 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 19th (q)Shot put 17.59 m
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 2ndShot put 18.87 m
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 6thShot put 19.20 m
World Championships Beijing, China 25th (q)Shot put 19.04 m
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 3rdShot put 19.55 m
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 1stShot put 20.00 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 27th (q)Shot put 19.59 m

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