Zenéy Geldenhuys
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Zenéy van der Walt |
| Born | 22 May 2000 Pretoria, South Africa |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 400 m, 400 m hurdles, 4×400 m relay |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests |
|
Medal record | |
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.[1]
Early life and background[edit]
Zenéy van der Walt was born on 22 May 2000 in Pretoria, South Africa.[2]
She started practising athletics around the age of six.[3][4]
As of 2022, she was studying education at the University of Pretoria.[3][4]
Personal bests[edit]
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[5]
Individual events[edit]
| Type | Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | 200 metres | 23.84 | Celle Ligure, Italy | 19 July 2023 | (Wind: +0.5 m/s) |
| 300 metres | 36.62 | Pretoria, South Africa | 18 February 2023 | ||
| 400 metres | 50.81 | Pretoria, South Africa | 12 April 2023 | ||
| 100 metres hurdles | 14.05 | Pretoria, South Africa | 4 March 2023 | (Wind: +0.7 m/s) | |
| 400 metres hurdles | 54.47 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 6 August 2022 |
Season's bests[edit]
| Year | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | — | 55.67 | — |
| 2016 | — | 55.10 | 59.31 |
| 2017 | 24.95 | 55.34 | 57.94 |
| 2018 | 24.55 | — | 55.05 |
| 2019 | 25.27 | 52.89 | 55.73 |
| 2020 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 23.93 | 52.94 | 55.89 |
| 2022 | 24.03 | 51.90 | 54.47 |
| 2023 | 23.84 | 50.82 | 54.82 |
Key: Lifetime best (in bold)
Team events[edit]
| Type | Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor | 4 x 400 metres relay women | 3:29.34 | Saint Pierre, Mauritius | 12 June 2022 | Teamed with Miranda Coetzee, Taylon Bieldt, and Precious Molepo.[6] |
International competitions[edit]
Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[5]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | World U18 Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 58.23 |
| 2018 | World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 55.34 |
| 2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 55.73 |
| 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.97 | |||
| African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 57.67 | |
| 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:41.17 | |||
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 31st (h) | 400 m hurdles | 57.11 | |
| 2022 | African Championships | Port Louis, Mauritius | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 56.00 |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.34 | |||
| World Championships | Eugene, United States | 16th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 54.81 | |
| 14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:46.68 | |||
| Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 54.47 | |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 21st (sf) | 400 m | 51.54 |
| 21st (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.49 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Van der Walt wins silver in 400m-hurdles at the World Student Games". supersport.com. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ "Zenéy van der Walt", Eurosport, 1 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Reaching New Heights", JAN Online, 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b Rudene Hare, "Zenéy van der Walt: “I Am Very Grateful for the Bronze Medal”", Gsport, 18 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Zenéy van der Walt", World Athletics. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "African Athletics Championships Women's 4x400m", World Athletics. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
External links[edit]
- 2000 births
- 21st-century South African women
- African Championships in Athletics winners
- African Games competitors for South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- South African female hurdlers
- South African female sprinters
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Africa
- White South African people
- World Athletics U20 Championships winners
- World Youth Championships in Athletics winners