South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
competed at the
2019 African Games
The 12th African Games was held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in January 2017.
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held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in
Rabat
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, Morocco. In total, 153 athletes represented South Africa in 11 sports.
Athletes representing South Africa won 36 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 25 bronze medals and the country finished in 3rd place in the medal table.
Medal summary
Medal table
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Archery
South Africa competed in archery.
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Vivien De Klerk
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Rhyn Potgieter and
Catharina Whitehead represented South Africa in archery.
Blewett, De Klerk and Potgieter competed in the
men's individual and
men's team events.
Whitehead competed in the
women's individual event.
Whitehead and De Klerk also competed in the
mixed team event.
Athletics
38 athletes were scheduled to compete in athletes.
Antonio Alkana
Antonio Alkana (born 12 April 1990) is a South African hurdler. He competed in the 110 metres hurdles event at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing narrowly missing the semifinals. In addition, he won the gold at the 2015 African Games. He a ...
,
Lindsay Hanekom,
Zenéy van der Walt and
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 ...
were among the athletes to compete in the 2019 African Games.
In total, athletes representing South Africa won one gold medal, six silver medals and ten bronze medals and the country finished in 10th place in the athletics medal table.
Badminton
South Africa competed in badminton with 8 athletes (4 men's and 4 women's).
won the gold medal in the women's singles event.
Megan de Beer and
Johanita Scholtz won the bronze medal in the women's doubles event.
In the team event South Africa also won a bronze medal.
Beach volleyball
Grant Goldschmidt
Grant Goldschmidt (born 16 April 1983) is a South African male beach volleyball player. He competed for South Africa at the 2012 Summer Olympics with teammate Freedom Chiya. They did not progress beyond the group stages.
He was born in Cape ...
and
Leo Williams competed in the
men's beach volleyball tournament.
They finished in 4th place.
Canoeing
Bridgitte Hartley is part of the team to represent South Africa in canoeing at the 2019 African Games.
Cycling
South Africa competed in cycling.
The following athletes represented South Africa in cycling:
* Men:
Ryan Gibbons,
Stefan de Bod
Stefan de Bod (born 17 November 1996) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
De Bod was born in Worcester, Western Cape and was schooled at Paul Roos Gymnasium, in Stellenbosch. Before joining in 2019, de Bod ...
,
Jayde Julius
Jayde Andrew Julius (born 27 August 1993 in Bellville) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .
Major results
;2011
: 2nd Remouchamps–Ferrières–Remouchamps
;2015
: African Road Championships
::1st Under ...
,
Clint Hendricks,
Kent Main
Kent Warwick Main (born 8 January 1996) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .
Major results
;2014
: 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
;2017
: 1st Overall Tour of Good Hope
::1st Stage 3
;2 ...
,
Jason Oosthuizen
* Women:
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio,
Maroesjka Matthee
Maroesjka Matthee (born 10 January 1989) is a South African road and track cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team . She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Major results
;2014
: 2 ...
,
Joanna van de Winkel,
Zanri Rossouw,
Carla Oberholzer
Carla Oberholzer (née van der Merwe; born 14 January 1987) is a South African professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team . She rode in the women's road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships.
I ...
,
Tiffany Keep
In total, cyclists representing South Africa won six gold medals and three silver medals and the country finished 1st in the cycling medal table.
Football
South Africa competed in football at the 2019 African Games, both in the
men's tournament and the
women's tournament
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.
In both tournaments the teams did not advance from the group stage to the semi-finals. Both the
men's team and
women's team
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lost all their matches.
Judo
South Africa competed in judo.
In total five athletes represented South Africa in judo.
Two medals were won:
* Women -48kg:
Geronay Whitebooi
* Women -78kg:
Unelle Snyman
Karate
South Africa competed in karate.
Swimming
24 swimmers were scheduled to compete in the 2019 African Games.
Michael Houlie
Michael Houlie (born 27 June 2000) is a South African swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. He a ...
represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games.
South Africa finished in 1st place in the swimming medal table with 20 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 12 bronze medals.
Table tennis
South Africa competed in table tennis.
Tennis
Chanel Simmonds was the only player to represent South Africa in tennis at the 2019 African Games.
She won the silver medal in the
women's singles event.
Weightlifting
Mona Pretorius was one of the weightlifters to represent South Africa at the 2019 African Games.
References
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Nations at the 2019 African Games
2019
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