Jaco Engelbrecht
Appearance
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Born | 8 March 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | University of Johannesburg[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 146 kg (322 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jacobus Petrus Engelbrecht (born 8 March 1987) is a South African athlete specialising in the shot put.[2] He has won several medals on continental level. In addition, he represented his country at the 2014 World Indoor Championships without qualifying for the final.
His personal bests in the event are 20.45 metres outdoors (Stellenbosch 2015) and 17.59 metres indoors (Sopot 2014).
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing South Africa | |||||
2011 | Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 7th | Shot put | 18.97 m |
All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 2nd | Shot put | 18.89 m | |
2012 | African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 4th | Shot put | 17.91 m |
2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 5th | Shot put | 19.48 m |
2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 19th (q) | Shot put | 17.59 m |
African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 2nd | Shot put | 18.87 m | |
2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 6th | Shot put | 19.20 m |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 25th (q) | Shot put | 19.04 m | |
African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 3rd | Shot put | 19.55 m | |
2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 1st | Shot put | 20.00 m |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 27th (q) | Shot put | 19.59 m |
References
[edit]- ^ 2015 WSG profile Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jaco Engelbrecht at World Athletics
External links
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Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- South African male shot putters
- World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- African Games silver medalists for South Africa
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games bronze medalists for South Africa
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- South African athletics biography stubs