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was represented at the

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in Melbourne by an unknown member strong contingent, consisting of athletes and various officials.

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Gold

* Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay:

Lyndon Ferns Lyndon Ferns (born 24 September 1983 in Pietersburg, South Africa) is a retired Olympic gold-medalist and former world record swimmer from South Africa. He swam for South Africa at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the 2004 Olympics, he was a ...

Ryk Neethling Ryk Neethling OIS (born 17 November 1977) is a South African businessman who rose to prominence as the three-times World Champion and four-times World Record Breaking Olympic swimming champion. He is known as one of the most accomplished swim ...

Roland Schoeman Roland Mark Schoeman OIS (born 4 July 1980) is a South African American swimmer and was a member of the South African swimming team at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. In May 2022, he officially became United States citizen. Ca ...

and

Gerhard Zandberg Gerhard Zandberg (born 23 April 1983) is a retired Olympic swimmer from South Africa. He swam for South Africa at: *Olympics: South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004, South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 *World Championships: 2 ...

sets up a Games record of 3:14.97, beating

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(silver) and

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(bronze). * Women's 50 m EAD Freestyle:

Natalie du Toit Natalie du Toit OIG MBE (; born 29 January 1984) is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 S ...

bettered the existing record twice (during Heat 2 and Final A) to 29.27 seconds. * Men's 50 m Butterfly:

* Women's 100 m EAD Freestyle:

* Women's Javelin:

Sunette Viljoen Sunette Stella Viljoen (born 6 October 1983) is a South African sportswoman who has represented her country in both cricket and athletics. In athletics, she competes as a javelin thrower and has won an Olympic silver medal ( in 2016) and two Com ...

* Men's Shot put:

Janus Robberts Janus Robberts (born 10 March 1979 in Louis Trichardt) is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put, and occasionally discus throw. He is the current African record holder in shot put with 21.97 metres, and also a former junior world ...

* Men's 50 m Freestyle:

* Women's Discus: Elizna Naude * Women's Trap:

Diane Swanton Diane Swanton (born August 11, 1979, in Pretoria) is a South African sport shooter. She won the gold medal for trap shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, with a games record of 72 points. Swanton also received a qualif ...

* Men's 400 m Hurdles:

Louis van Zyl Louis Jacobus van Zyl (born 20 July 1985), better known as L. J. van Zyl, is a South African athlete competing in the 400 metre hurdles. He is the South African record holder in the event with a personal best of 47.66 seconds, which he ach ...

* Women's High Jump: Anika Smith * Welterweight 69 kg:

Bongani Mwelase Bongani Mwelase (born 23 August 1982) is a South African former boxer who became the 2006 Commonwealth amateur champion at welterweight. Amateur The hard-punching southpaw failed to qualify for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in third plac ...

Silver

* Men's 200 m Backstroke: Johannes du Rand * Men's 100 m Freestyle:

* Women's 100 m: Geraldine Pillay * Men's 100 m EAD:

Hilton Langenhoven Hilton Langenhoven (born 21 June 1983) is a South African athlete and three time Paralympic Champion, competing mainly in category F12 (visual impairment) long jump events. He was born in Somerset West, Western Cape. He competed in the 2004 Su ...

* Men's 400 m Hurdles:

Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh (born 13 October 1980 in Vanderbijlpark) is a South African hurdler. His personal best time is 48.09 seconds, achieved at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is ...

* Men's 200 m EAD: David Roos * Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions: Esmari van Reenen * Men's Double Trap: Byron Swanton * Men's Triple Jump:

Khotso Mokoena Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (born 6 March 1985 in Heidelberg, South Africa) is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump. Early life and family He started his school education at Shalimar Ridge Primary School in Heide ...

* Men's 4 × 100 m Relay * Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Flyweight 51 kg: Jackson van Tonder Chauke * Men's Road Race: David George

Bronze

* Men's 50 m Backstroke:

* Women's 50 m Butterfly:

Lize-Mari Retief Lize-Mari Retief (born 30 November 1986 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics. At the 2008 South African Nationals in April, she set 3 ...

ties with Alice Mills of

* Women's 200 m Breaststroke: Suzaan van Biljon * Men's 25 m Standard Pistol Pairs: Allan Stuart McDonald and Daniel Francois van Tonder obtain a total of 1106, just behind

's 1112 and

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's 1139. * Men's 100 m Freestyle:

* Men's Lawn Bowls Triples: South Africa * Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol Pairs: Allan Stuart McDonald and Daniel Francois van Tonder obtain a total of 1135, just behind

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's 1138 and

's 1150. * Men's 1500 m Freestyle:

Troyden Prinsloo Hercules Troyden Prinsloo (born November 16, 1985) is a freestyle swimmer from South Africa, who won three gold medals at the 2007 All-Africa Games. Previously he earned a silver medal in the men's 800m freestyle at the Pan Pacific Games, and ...

* Women's Floor: Francki van Rooyen * Women's 75 kg Weightlifting: Babalwa Ndleleni, becoming the first

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woman to win a medal for the country at the Games. * Women's 200 m: Geraldine Pillay * Men's Hammer Throw: Christiaan Harmse * Women's Lawn Bowls Singles: Lorna Trigwell ----

South Africa's Team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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Men's Competition

Sherwin Vries Sherwin Marchel Vries (born 22 March 1980 in Walvis Bay, South Africa) is a sprinter who represents South Africa after switching from Namibia in 2003. He finished fifth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and fourth at the 2006 African Championshi ...

(100 m, 4 × 100 m) * Leigh Julius (200 m, 4 × 100 m) * Snyman Prinsloo (200 m, 4 × 100 m) *

Paul Gorries Paul Gorries (born 28 February 1981 in Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, t ...

(400 m, 4 × 400 m) * Jan van der Merwe (400 m, 4 × 400 m) *

Ofentse Mogawane Ofentse Mogawane (born 20 February 1982) is a former South African sprinter who specialized in the 400 meters. Career He finished sixth in the 2006 African Championships. He also competed at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 Commonweal ...

(400 m, 4 × 400 m) *

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi (8 September 1980 – 24 October 2014) was a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. His first global medal was a silver at the 2000 African Championships in Athletic ...

(800 m) * Tshamano Setone (5000 m) * Boy Soke (5000 m) *

Ruben Ramolefi Ruben Ramolefi (born 17 July 1978) is a South African runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and is currently the South African record holder in 3000 metres steeplechase. He also won the National Championship in 3000 metres steepl ...

(3000 m steeplechase) * Emmanuel Mkhabela (3000 m steeplechase *

Shaun Bownes Shaun Bownes (born 24 October 1970, in Johannesburg) is a South African hurdler. His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Heusden. This was the African record until 2012 when it was beaten by Lehann Fo ...

(110 m hurdles) * Ruan de Vries (110 m hurdles) * Hennie Kotze (110 m hurdles) *

LJ van Zyl Louis Jacobus van Zyl (born 20 July 1985), better known as L. J. van Zyl, is a South African athlete competing in the 400 metre hurdles. He is the South African record holder in the event with a personal best of 47.66 seconds, which he ac ...

(4 × 400 m, 400 m hurdles) * Pieter de Villiers (4 × 400 m, 400 m hurdles) *

(400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 m) * Tseko Mpolokeng (marathon) * Neo Molema (marathon) *

Okkert Brits Okkert Brits (born 22 August 1973, in Uitenhage) is a former South African track and field athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He was the silver medallist at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003. He was a four-time champion at th ...

(pole vault) *

(long jump, triple jump) * Martin McClintock (long jump) * Yaw Fosu Amoah (long jump) *

Hardus Pienaar Gerhardus "Hardus" Pienaar (born 10 August 1981 in Rustenburg, North West) is a South African javelin thrower and former Junior World Champion from South Africa. His personal best throw is 84.50 metres, achieved in October 2003 in Hyderabad, Ind ...

(javelin) * Robert Oosthuizen (javelin) * Lohan Rautenbach (javelin) *

Chris Harmse Christiaan Harmse (born 31 May 1973) is a South African hammer thrower. He has broken the African record seven times, and holds the championship record for both the African Championships and All-Africa Games. He has been a dominant presence i ...

(hammer throw) *

Hannes Hopley Johannes ("Hannes") Hopley (born 26 January 1981) is a South African discus thrower, born in Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all fo ...

(discus) *

(shot put) * Ramsay Carelse (high jump) * Lee Roy Newton (4 × 100 m) * Ruben Majola (4 × 400 m) *

(T12 100 m) * Joseph van Nel (T12 100 m) * David Roos (T46 200 m)

Women's Competition

* Geraldine Pillay (100 m, 200 m) *

Adri Schoeman Adri (de Jongh) Schoeman (born 13 July 1970) is a retired South African sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She competed in both 200 and 400 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games without reaching the final, and also in 400 metres at t ...

(400 m, 4 × 400 m) * Estie Wittstock (400 m, 4 × 400 m) * Surita Febbraio (400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 m) * Lebogang Phalula (800 m, 1500 m) * Dina Lebo Phalula (800 m, 1500 m) * Marlene Breytenbach (1500 m) * Nolene Conrad (3000 m steeplechase) * Tebogo Masehla (3000 m steeplechase) *

Nicolene Cronje Nicolene Cronje (born 16 June 1983 in Bellville, Western Cape) is a South African race walker. She has been selected to compete for South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and holds numerous African championship titles and continental records ...

(20 km walk) * Suzanne Erasmus (20 km walk) * Tanith Maxwell (marathon) * Charne Rademeyer (marathon) * Elizna Naudé (discus) * Anika Smit (high jump) * Marli Knoetze (shot put) * Simone du Toit (shot put) *

(javelin) * Samantha Dodd (pole vault) * Janice Josephs (heptathlon) * Tsholofelo Selemela (4 × 400 m) * Amanda Kotze (4 × 400 m) * Dominique Vogel (T38 100 m) * Thuliswa Mlinganiso (T38 100 m)

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

Men's team competition

*Team roster :* Quintin Denyssen :* Vusi Dlamini :* Pat Engelbrecht :* Thabang Kgwedi :* Emmanuel Madondo :* Nakedi Maputla :* Brendan Mettler :* Kenneth Motaung :* Neo Mothiba :* Sipho Ngcobo :* Nyakallo Nthuping :* Chris Treurnicht

Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

*Mountain Bike :* Justice Makhale :*

Burry Stander Burry Willie Stander (16 September 1987 – 3 January 2013) was a South African mountain biker, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup under-23 men's cross-country 2009 world champion. In the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, Stander finished 1 ...

*Road/Time Trial :*

Ryan Cox Ryan Rodney Cox (9 April 1979 – 1 August 2007) was a South African professional road racing cyclist. He had been cycling since 1987 and turned professional in 2000. He first joined but changed the following year to Team Cologne which was bas ...

:* David George :* Jock Green :* Robert Hunter :* Jeremy Maartens :*

Rupert Rheeder Rupert Rheeder (born 19 November 1976 in Barberton) is a South African former road cyclist. Major results ;2005 : African Cycling Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd Time trial : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT) Tour d'Egypte : 5th Overall Tour du Sénég ...

*Track :* Durwan Benjamin :* Garth Thomas

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

:* Maureen van Rooyen :* Christian Brezeanu :*

Steven Friedman Steven Eli Friedman (born 31 March 1953) is a South African academic, newspaper columnist, intellectual, activist, former trade unionist and journalist. He holds a doctorate in Literature from Rhodes University (2007) and directs the Centre for t ...

:* Troy Sender :* Gerhard Swiegers :* Candice Cronje :* Chanel Moonsammy :* Francki van Rooyen :* Rinette Whelpton :* Shalene Arnold :* Odette Richard :* Stephanie Sandler :* Mirriam Letsele

Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

Men's team competition

*Team roster :* Chris Hibbert :* Franci du Plessis :* Ken Forbes :* Kyle Rhodes :* Darryn Gallagher :* Bruce Jacobs :* John Paul :* Wayne Madsen :*

Lungile Tsolekile Lungile Tsolekile (born 19 April 1984) is a South African field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an inte ...

Jody Paul Jody Paul (born 25 May 1976) is a South African former field hockey player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. On 25 January 2022 Paul was appointed as the Assistant Coach to the England and Great Britain Great Britain is an isla ...

Clyde Abrahams Clyde Abrahams (born 15 October 1978) is a South African field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1978 births Living people South African male field hockey players Olympic field hockey pla ...

:* Ian Symons :* Leroy Phillips :* Charles Rose-Innes :* Reece Basson :* Justin Reid-Ross *Head coach: Paul Revington

Women's team competition

*Team roster :* Caroline Jack :* Mariette Rix :* Kate Hector :* Nita Van Jaarsveldt :* Tarryn Hosking :* Lenise Marals :* Lesle-Ann George :*

Marsha Marescia Marsha Cox (née Marescia; born 13 January 1983 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The midfielder comes from Durban ...

Tarryn Bright Tarryn Bright (born 26 April 1983) is a South African field hockey player who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an internati ...

:* Kathleen Taylor :* Sharne Wehmeyer :* Lindsey Carlisle :* Henna du Buisson :* Fiona Butler :* Liesel Dorothy :* Jenny Wilson *Head coach: Jenny King

Lawn Bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

Men's Competition

*Team roster :*

Shaun Addinall Shaun Christopher Addinall (born 27 September 1969) is a South African international lawn bowler. Addinall won a bronze medal in the pairs with bowls partner Gerry Baker at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. He competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Game ...

Gerry Baker Gerard Austin "Gerry" Baker (11 April 1938 – 24 August 2013) was an American soccer player. From 1955 until 1970, he played 16 seasons in either the Scottish or English first division. He earned seven caps with the US national team in 196 ...

Neil Burkett Neil Anthony Burkett (born 16 March 1948) is a South African international lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career Burkett won two World Bowls Championship medals; a fours bronze at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing and a sil ...

:* Kevin Campbell :*

Eric Johannes Eric Johannes (born 6 July 1962) is a former South African international lawn and indoor bowler. He won a bronze medal in the triples with Gidion Vermeulen and Neil Burkett at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He lives in New South Wa ...

:* Gidion Vermuelen

Women's Competition

*Team roster :* Rika Lynn :* Susan Nel :* Trish Steyn :* Lorna Trigwell :* Loraine Victor :* Colleen Webb

Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

:* Sindisiwe Gumede :* Nontle Gwavu :* Lizanne Helmand :* Adele Niemand :* Simnikiwe Malusi :* Christine Markgraaf :* Zanele Mdodana :* Nthabiseng Moabi :* Martha Mosoahle :* Charlene Hertzog :* Karin Venter :* Leigh-Ann Zackey

Rugby Sevens

Men's team competition

*Team roster :*

Schalk van der Merwe Schalk van der Merwe (16 April 1961 – 24 January 2016) was a professional tennis player from South Africa. His best performance in a Grand Slam tournament was a third-round appearance at the 1982 US Open, where he had wins over Derek Tarr a ...

(Golden Lions) :* Ryan Kankowski (Natal Sharks) :* Tobela Mdaka (Griffons) :* Jonathan Mokuena (Leopards) :* Zolani Mofu (Border) :* Stefan Basson (Vodacom Blue Bulls) :*

Phillip Burger Philip Burger (born 28 August 1980 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a rugby union player. He is a Springbok Rugby Sevens player, and represented South Africa at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. He was the top try scorer at the IRB Sevens tourn ...

(Vodacom Cheetahs) :* Mzwandile Stick (Natal Sharks) :*

Gio Aplon Gio Giaan Aplon (born 6 October 1982) is a South African rugby union player for Toyota Verblitz in the Top League in Japan. He scored two tries in a 42–17 triumph against the Six Nations Tournament, Six Nations winner – France. The match wa ...

(Vodacom Western Province) :* Jaco Pretorius (Falcons) :* Antonius Verhoeven (Boland) :* Fabian Juries (Eastern Province)

Shooting Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...

:* Neels Bornman :* Etienne Cilliers :* Georgios Eleftheriou :* Byron Swanton :*

:* Nicolaas Swart :* Johan du Toit :* Robert Hayter :* Mohyedien Begg :* Allan McDonald :*

Daniel van Tonder Daniel van Tonder (born 12 March 1991) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. Professional career Van Tonder turned professional in 2011 and played on the Sunshine Tour. He has won seven time ...

:* Martin Senore :* Esmari van Reenen :* Gavin van Rhyn :* Marli Vlok

Squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling * Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ...

:* Diana Argyle :* Rodney Durbach :*

Adrian Hansen Adrian Hansen (born 21 November 1971) is a South African former professional squash player. He reached a career high of 63 squash rankings, in the world in April 1998. He represented his country in the Squash at the Commonwealth Games, Commonwea ...

:* Clinton Leeuw :*

Tenille Swartz Tenille Swartz, (born 13 May 1987 in Parys) is a professional squash player who represented South Africa. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 28 in April 2008. See also *Official Women's Squash World Ranking *WISPA Awards The ...

:* Craig van der Wath

Table Tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

:* Luke Abrahams :* Theo Cogill :* Shireen Lyners :* Sameera Maal :* Alet Moll (EAD) :* Shane Overmeyer :* Rosabelle Riese

Triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the t ...

:* Hendrik de Villiers :*

Mari Rabie Mari Rabie (born 10 September 1986) is a South African triathlete A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastes ...

:* Kate Roberts :*

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Weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift Weight training#Equipment, weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various t ...

:* Alphonso Adonis :* Darryn Anthony :* Ricardo Fitzpatrick (EAD) :* Greg Gerts :* Babalwa Ndeleni :* Evgeni Popov (EAD) :* Mona Pretorius :* Portia Vries

External links

Medal Winners for South Africa, from Melbourne2006.com.au
{{country at games navbox, South Africa, Commonwealth Games, 1930 Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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