Zenéy Geldenhuys

Zenéy Geldenhuys
Personal information
Birth nameZenéy van der Walt
Born (2000-05-22) 22 May 2000 (age 24)
Pretoria, South Africa
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 m, 400 m hurdles, 4×400 m relay
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 400 m: 50.81 (2023)
  • 400 m hurdles: 54.47 (2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  South Africa
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint Pierre 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint Pierre 4x400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 400 m hurdles
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2019 Naples 400 m hurdles
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nairobi 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tampere 400 m hurdles

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

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

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[5]

Individual events

Personal best times for individual events
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

Season's best times for individual events
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
2024 23.34 51.71 54.72

Key:   Lifetime best (in bold)

Team events

Personal best times for team events
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

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[5]

Representing  South Africa
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time 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
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 9th (sf) 400 m hurdles 53.90

References

  1. ^ "Van der Walt wins silver in 400m-hurdles at the World Student Games". supersport.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Zenéy van der Walt", Eurosport, 1 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Reaching New Heights Archived 2 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine", JAN Online, 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b Rudene Hare, "Zenéy van der Walt: “I Am Very Grateful for the Bronze Medal” Archived 18 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine", Gsport, 18 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Zenéy van der Walt Archived 23 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine", World Athletics. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ "African Athletics Championships Women's 4x400m Archived 1 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine", World Athletics. Retrieved 1 November 2023.