Wenda Nel (née Theron; born 30 July 1988) is a South African athlete specialising in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. She competed at the 2011 World Championships reaching the semifinals. She competed in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. Her personal best in the event is 54.37 from 20 May 2015.

Competition record

Personal bests

* 400 metres 52.03 s (2017) * 400 metres hurdles 54.37s (2015)

References

1988 births Living people People from Worcester, South Africa South African female hurdlers Olympic athletes of South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games South African Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the Western Cape 20th-century South African women 21st-century South African women Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub