Ntando Mahlangu

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Ntando Mahlangu
Personal information
Born (2002-01-26) 26 January 2002 (age 22)
Sport
CountrySouth Africa
Sport Para-athletics
DisabilityAmputated legs at the knee due to fibular hemimelia
Disability class
  • T61 (2018 – present)
  • T42 (until 2018)
Events
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Long jump T63
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 200 m T61
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m T42
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Dubai 200 m T61
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 London 200 m T42

Ntando Mahlangu (born 26 January 2002) [1] is a South African Paralympic athlete. [2] He won the gold medal in both the men's long jump T63 and men's 200 metres T61 events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

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He won the silver medal in the men's 200 metres T42 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is also a two-time medallist at the World Para Athletics Championships.

Personal life

Mahlangu was born with fibular hemimelia, which affected the development of both his legs below the knee. In 2012, it was decided to amputate both his legs at the knee. [1] Later that year he received his first set of blades from South African Charity Jumping Kids. He attended primary school at Laerskool Constantiapark and high school at Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) in Pretoria. [3] [4]

Career

Early in his career, he competed as a T42-classified athlete. Mahlangu represented South Africa at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Bazi where he won the silver medal in the men's 200 metres T42 event at the age of 14. [2]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, United Kingdom, he won the silver medal in the men's 200 metres T42 event. [5] He also competed in the men's 100 metres T42 event, where he did not advance to compete in the final. At the beginning of 2018, World Para Athletics implemented classification changes and, as of that year, he competes as a T61-classified athlete, a class specifically for athletes with double above-the-knee amputation. [6]

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres T61 event and finished fourth in the men's long jump T63 event. [7] He qualified to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. In April 2021, Mahlangu set a new world record of 22.94 seconds in the men's 200 metres T61 final at the 2021 South African Sports for the Physically Disabled (SASAPD) National Championships in Gqeberha, South Africa. [8]

Mahlangu won the gold medal in the men's long jump T63 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan, setting a new world record of 7.17 m. [9] [10] He also won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres T61 event. [7]

In 2020, he starred in the Netflix documentary film Rising Phoenix . [11]

Achievements

Track

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2016 Summer Paralympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd200 m 23.77 s
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom2nd200 m 23.95 s
2019 World Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates1st200 m 23.23 s
2021 Summer Paralympics Tokyo, Japan1st200 m 23.59 s

Field

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2019 World Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates4thLong jump 5.82 m
2021 Summer Paralympics Tokyo, Japan1stLong jump 7.17 m

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