Kristi Perez-Snyman (born 15 December 2000) is a South African high jumper. She won the gold medal at the 2026 African Championships.
Biography From Cape Town, Snyman was a bronze medalist at the 2019 African Athletics U20 Championships in Abidjan. She was later educated in the United States at Jacksonville University.
In April 2025, Snyman won her first senior national title at the South African Athletics Championships with a personal best jump of 1.88 metres in Potchefstroom. The following month, she had an upset win clearing a new personal best 1.90 metres to win the SEC Championships for the University of Missouri ahead of two former NCAA champions in Elena Kulichenko and Rachel Glenn, before going on to place sixth overall at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene.
Snyman retained her title at the 2026 South African Athletics Championships in Stellenbosch in April 2026, clearing 1.83 metres. The following month, she won the gold medal at the 2026 African Championships in Accra, Ghana, with a jump of 1.84 metres.
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