Jacobus Petrus Engelbrecht (born 8 March 1987) is a South African athlete specialising in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

. 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).

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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 {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub