Mpho Benjamin Links (born 20 June 1996) is a South African athlete specialising in the
high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
.
He won a gold medal at the 2019 All African Championships, a bronze medal at the
2022 African Championships, a bronze at the 2023 All African Games and a bronze at the 2024 African games.
His personal best in the event was 2.25 metres set in
Germiston in 2019, mark he improved with 2.27 m in
Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river" ...
(RSA) on 29 April 2021.
Personal Life
He is currently married to Sue-Zane Links.
Competition record
References
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1996 births
Living people
South African male high jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games
African Games gold medalists for South Africa
African Games bronze medalists for South Africa
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
South African Athletics Championships winners
African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade
Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
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