Mel Janse van Rensburg

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Mel Janse van Rensburg
Personal information
Born (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 (age 22)
South Africa
Education University of Lyon
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Climbing career
Type of climber
Highest grade

Mel Janse van Rensburg (born September 16 2003) is a South African rock climber and competition climber who competed at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games in the combined climbing event for South Africa. [1] He finished last in both the boulder and the lead events in the semifinals, finishing 20th overall out of 20 competitors. [2]

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Early life

Mel Janse van Rensburg began climbing at the age of 13. [3]

Climbing career

Competition climbing

Van Rensburg qualified for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics through the IFSC African Qualifier 2023 [4] in Pretoria, South Africa. In the Olympics, he finished 20th out of 20 competitors, [2] finishing 6.9 points behind the 19th placed climber, Campbell Harrison.

Rock climbing

In 2022, Van Rensburg became the first South African to climb a 9a  (5.14d) graded sport climbing route when he redpointed Speed Integrale in Switzerland. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Mel JANSE VAN RENSBURG". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  2. 1 2 "Sport Climbing Men's Boulder & Lead Results" . Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  3. ↑ "UKC Olympics - Olympics". www.ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  4. 1 2 Pasquale, Nicholas De. "IFSC African Qualifier Pretoria 2023". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
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