Rogail Joseph (born 22 April 2000) is a South African track and field athlete who competes over 400m hurdles.

Early life

Joseph is from Roodewal in

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in the Western Cape, and attended the University of the Western Cape.

Career

She won the South African U20

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title at the SA Champs on 6 April 2019, in Stellenbosch. That month, she also won the

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and 400m hurdles titles at the

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, as well as the South African University Championships 400m hurdles. She was nominated for Emerging Athlete of the Year at the ''2019 G-Sport Awards''. In April 2023, she finished third over 400m hurdles at the South African National Championships. In August 2023, she competed at the

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, in

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but was disqualified for an infringement. She won a gold medal in the 400m hurdles race at the

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in March 2024 in a personal best of 55.39. In April 2024, she finished runner-up at the South African National Championships 400m hurdles in

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in a time of 54.84 seconds to secure the automatic qualifying time for the 2024 Sumner Olympics.

References

2000 births Living people South African female hurdlers Sportspeople from the Western Cape People from Worcester, South Africa 21st-century South African women Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) University of the Western Cape alumni {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub