Lindsay Hanekom
Lindsay Hanekom | |
nation | South Africa |
birthday | 15th May 1993 (age 27) |
place of birth | Cape Town , South Africa |
size | 178 cm |
Weight | 66 kg |
Career | |
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discipline | 400 meter hurdles |
Best performance | 48.81 s |
society | TuksSport |
status | active |
last change: March 18, 2020 |
Lindsay Hanekom (born May 15, 1993 in Cape Town ) is a South African athlete who specializes in the 400 meter hurdles .
Athletic career
Lindsay Hanekom gained his first international experience at the Summer Universiade 2015 in Gwangju , where he made it to the semi-finals in the 400-meter hurdles, but was eliminated there with 50.36 seconds. In addition, he reached the finals with the South African 4 x 400 meter relay, but was disqualified there. The following year he qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he was eliminated with 50.22 s in the run . In 2019 he took part in the Africa Games in Rabat for the first time and finished fifth there in 49.98 s. He also qualified for the World Championships in Doha , where he was eliminated with 51.71 s in the first round .
In 2018 and 2019 Hanekom was South African champion in the 400-meter hurdles and in 2016 in the 4-by-400-meter relay.
Personal best
- 400 m hurdles: 48.81 s, April 27, 2019 in Germiston
Web links
- Lindsay Hanekom in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Lindsay Hanekom in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hanekom, Lindsay |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African hurdler |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cape Town |