Zenéy Geldenhuys (née van der Walt; born 22 May 2000) is a South African athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2022 African Champion, and in the 400 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2022 African Champion with the South African women's team.
She also won gold medals at the 2017 World U18 Championships and the 2018 World U20 Championships. In 2019, she won a silver medal at the Universiade.
Early life and background Zenéy van der Walt was born on 22 May 2000 in Pretoria, South Africa."Zenéy van der Walt", Eurosport, 1 November 2023.
She started practising athletics around the age of six."Reaching New Heights ", JAN Online, 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.Rudene Hare, "Zenéy van der Walt: “I Am Very Grateful for the Bronze Medal” ", Gsport, 18 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
As of 2022, she was studying education at the University of Pretoria.
Personal bests Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted."Zenéy van der Walt ", World Athletics. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
Individual events + Personal best times for individual eventsTypeEventTimeVenueDateNotesOutdoor200 metres23.84Celle Ligure, Italy19 July 2023(Wind: +0.5 m/s)300 metres36.62Pretoria, South Africa18 February 2023400 metres50.81Pretoria, South Africa12 April 2023100 metres hurdles14.05Pretoria, South Africa4 March 2023(Wind: +0.7 m/s)400 metres hurdles53.90Paris, France6 August 2024
Season's bests + Season's best times for individual eventsYear200 m400 m400 mhurdles201555.67201655.1059.31201724.9555.3457.94201824.5555.05201925.2752.8955.732020202123.9352.9455.89202224.0351.9054.47202323.8450.8254.82202423.3451.7154.72 Key:
Team events + Personal best times for team eventsTypeEventTimeVenueDateNotesOutdoor4 x 400 metres relay women3:29.34Saint Pierre, Mauritius12 June 2022Teamed with Miranda Coetzee, Taylon Bieldt, and Precious Molepo."African Athletics Championships Women's 4x400m ", World Athletics. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
International competitions Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
2017World U18 ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya1st400 m hurdles58.232018World U20 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland1st400 m hurdles55.342019UniversiadeNaples, Italy2nd400 m hurdles55.737th4 × 400 m relay3:35.97African GamesRabat, Morocco4th400 m hurdles57.675th4 × 400 m relay3:41.17World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar31st (h)400 m hurdles57.112022African ChampionshipsPort Louis, Mauritius1st400 m hurdles56.001st4 × 400 m relay3:29.34World ChampionshipsEugene, United States16th (sf)400 m hurdles54.8114th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:46.68Commonwealth GamesBirmingham, United Kingdom3rd400 m hurdles54.472023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary21st (sf)400 m51.5421st (sf)400 m hurdles55.492024Olympic GamesParis, France9th (sf)400 m hurdles53.902025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan20th (sf)400 m hurdles55.0615th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:28.14
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