Ntando Mahlangu (born 26 January 2002) is a South African

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. He won the gold medal in both the men's long jump T63 and men's 200 metres T61 events at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. He won the silver medal in the men's 200 metres T42 event at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is also a two-time medallist at the

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Personal life

Mahlangu was born with

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, which affected the development of both his legs below the knee. In 2012, it was decided to amputate both his legs at the knee. Later that year he received his first set of blades from South African Charit
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He attended primary school at Laerskool Constantiapark and high school at

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(Affies) in Pretoria.

Career

Early in his career, he competed as a T42-classified athlete. Mahlangu represented South Africa at the

held in Rio de Janeiro, Bazi where he on the slver meal in te men's 200 metres T42 event at the age of 14. At the

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in London, United Kingdom, he won the silver medal in the men's 200 metres T42 event. He also competed in the men's 100 metres T42 event, where he did not advance to compete in the final. At the beginning of 2018,

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implemented classification changes and, as of that year, he competes as a T61-classified athlete, a class specifically for athletes with double above-the-knee amputation. At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres T61 event and finished fourth in the men's long jump T63 event. He qualified to represent South Africa at the

in Tokyo, Japan. In April 2021, Mahlangu set a new world record of 22.94 seconds in the men's 200 metres T61 final at the 2021 South African Sports for the Physically Disabled (SASAPD) National Championships in

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, South Africa. Mahlangu won the gold medal in the men's long jump T63 event at the

held in Tokyo, Japan, setting a new world record of 7.17 m. He also won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres T61 event. In 2020, he starred in the Netflix documentary film '' Rising Phoenix''.

Achievements

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Field

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