Tumelo Thagane

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Tumelo Thagane
Personal information
Born (1984-07-03) 3 July 1984 (age 39)
Ratanda, South Africa
Sport
CountryFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
SportAthletics
Event(s) Triple jump

Tumelo Thagane (born 3 July 1984 in Ratanda [1] ) is a South African athlete specialising in the triple jump. [2] He represented his country at the World Championships without recording a valid jump. In addition, he won the bronze at the 2010 African Championships.

His personal best in the event is 17.09 metres (+1.9) set in Durban in 2010.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 20th (q)Triple jump 15.54 m
All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 7thTriple jump 15.56 m
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 6thTriple jump 15.86 m
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 20th (q)Triple jump 15.68 m
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 3rdTriple jump 16.64 m
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 16th (q)Triple jump 15.89 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea Triple jump NM
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 5thTriple jump 15.92 m
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 10thTriple jump 15.21 m

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References

  1. "Thagane shaping up in triple jump". Sowetan Live. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. Tumelo Thagane at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg