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| Full name | Nicolaas Johannes Steyn De Lange | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 August 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sport wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicolaas Johannes Steyn De Lange (born 23 August 2001) is a South African freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 97 kilograms. He is an African Championships and Commonwealth Games medalist.
De Lange was the 2019 and 2020 African Junior Champion. [1] In August 2021, he won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Junior Championships in Ufa. [2] In May 2022, in El Jadida, Morocco, he lost to Mostafa Elders of Egypt in the final of the African Championships. [3] In early August 2022, in Birmingham, having lost in the final to Nishan Randhawa of Canada, De Lange won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [4] [5] In May 2023, in Hammamet, Tunisia, he won a bronze medal at the African Championships. [6] In September 2023, at the World Championships in Belgrade, he lost to Russian Abdulrashid Sadulaev in the round of 32 and finished in 29th place. [7] In March 2024, at the Africa and Oceania qualifying tournament in Alexandria, he managed to win a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [8] He competed in the men's freestyle 97 kg event at the Olympics. [9]
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