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Brian Raats
Brian Raats OLY (born 17 January 2004) is a South African track and field athlete. In 2024, he became national champion in the high jump.[1] CareerIn 2022, aged 18 years-old, Raats jumped a personal best in the high jump of 2.26 metres in Potchefstroom.[2] He finished second in the high jump at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[3][4] In 2022, he was nominated for South African Junior Athlete of the Year.[5] In March 2023, he won the South African U20 high jump title with a jump of 2.20 metres.[6] He then won the gold medal at the African U20 Championships in Ndola, Zambia in 2023 with a jump of 2.15 metres.[7][8] In April 2024, he became the senior national high jump champion at the South African Athletics Championships in Pietermaritzburg.[9] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he qualified for the final, finishing in twelfth place overall.[10] References
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