Phil-Mar van Rensburg

Phil-Mar van Rensburg
nation	South Africa
birthday	23rd June 1989 (age 31)
place of birth	Nelspruit , South Africa
size	188 cm
Weight	92 kg
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	80.49 m (March 18, 2017 in Germiston )
Trainer	DP Badenhorst
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 0 × 0 × 1 × African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Africa Games bronze Brazzaville 2015 76.85 m  African Championships gold Durban 2016 76.04 m
last change: August 16, 2018

Phil-Mar van Rensburg (born June 23, 1989 in Nelspruit ) is a South African javelin thrower .

Athletic career

Phil-Mar van Rensburg gained his first international experience at the 2015 African Games in Brazzaville , where he won the bronze medal with 76.85 m. The following year he won the gold medal at the African Championships in Durban, Germany, with 76.04 m. In 2018 he took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast for the first time , where he finished fourth with 79.83 m.

Between 2016 and 2018 van Rensburg was the South African javelin thrower every year. He is a graduate in Economics and International Trade from Northwest University in Potchefstroom .

Web links

• Phil-Mar van Rensburg in the database of World Athletics (English)