 Brian Raats (left) at the 2024 African Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High Jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 2.26m (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brian Raats (born 17 January 2004) is a South African track and field athlete. In 2024, he became national champion in the high jump. [1]
In 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 Championhips 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]
- ^ "Brian Raats". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ de Swardt, Wilhelm (9 March 2023). "Tuks high jumper likes setting big goals". Supersport.com. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Men's High Jump Results: World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2022". 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Brian Raats bags silver at world junior - day 5 U20 Athletics". Supersport. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 BACKTRACK PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS NOMINATIONS". Athleticsawards.co.za. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Venter, Koos (28 March 2023). "Athletics Gauteng North's juniors dominate national championships again". Citizen.co.za. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "SA Youth And Junior Athletes Shine In Zambia". sasportspress.co.za. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "SA junior athletes win gold at CAA Championships in Lusaka". Spoetscorner.za. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "South African Championships". World Athletics. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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Brian Raats (left) at the 2024 African Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High Jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | High jump: 2.26m (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brian Raats (born 17 January 2004) is a South African track and field athlete. In 2024, he became national champion in the high jump. [1]
In 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 Championhips 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]
- ^ "Brian Raats". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ de Swardt, Wilhelm (9 March 2023). "Tuks high jumper likes setting big goals". Supersport.com. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Men's High Jump Results: World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2022". 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Brian Raats bags silver at world junior - day 5 U20 Athletics". Supersport. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 BACKTRACK PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS NOMINATIONS". Athleticsawards.co.za. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Venter, Koos (28 March 2023). "Athletics Gauteng North's juniors dominate national championships again". Citizen.co.za. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "SA Youth And Junior Athletes Shine In Zambia". sasportspress.co.za. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "SA junior athletes win gold at CAA Championships in Lusaka". Spoetscorner.za. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "South African Championships". World Athletics. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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