Patience Ntshingila gained her first international experience at the Summer Universiade 2011 in Shenzhen , where she failed to qualify for the final with 5.75 m in the long jump and 12.82 m in the triple jump. The following year she finished seventh in the triple jump at the African Championships in Porto-Novo with 13.18 m and was eliminated from the long jump qualification with 5.59 m. At the 2015 Student World Games in Gwangju , she again failed to reach the final in both competitions, but was then eighth in the triple jump at the Africa Games in Brazzaville with 12.77 m. The following year she won the bronze medal at the African Championships in Durban with 13.24 m behind the Ghanaian Nadia Eke and Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin from Cameroon. In 2017 she reached tenth place at the Summer Universiade in Taipei with a width of 12.80 m and was fourth at the 2018 African Championships in Asaba the following year with 13.15 m. At the Africa Games in Rabat 2019, she also finished fourth with a width of 13.47 m and won the silver medal behind Nigeria in 44.61 seconds.
In 2009 and 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016 and 2018, Ntshingila was South African champion in the triple jump and in 2009 also in the long jump and in 2016 with the 4 x 100 meter relay.
Personal best
Long jump: 6.60 m (+0.8 m / s), April 13, 2012 in Port Elizabeth
Triple jump: 13.90 m, April 29, 2016 in Polokwane ( South African record )
South Africa
