Ischke Senekal (born 8 January 1993) is a South African

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er. She won the silver medal at the 2015 African Games ( discus), finished fifth at the 2015 African Games (

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

), twelfth at the

2015 Summer Universiade The 2015 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXVIII Summer Universiade () and also known as Gwangju 2015 () was a multi-sport event for student and youth athletes sanctioned by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), hel ...

(discus), fifth at the 2016 African Championships (both discus and (

) and tenth at the

2017 Summer Universiade The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北201 ...

(discus). She also competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships (discus) and the

(shot put) without reaching the final. Her personal best throw is 56.86 metres, achieved in April 2016 in

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. She has 17.56 metres in the shot put, achieved in April 2018 in

Sasolburg Sasolburg is a city in the Free State province of South Africa. The city is located in the northern part of the province and is the seat of the Metsimaholo Local Municipality. The city lies 13 kilometres south of the Gauteng province and form ...

International competitions

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Senekal, Ischke 1993 births Living people South African female discus throwers South African female shot putters African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games White South African people African Championships in Athletics winners South African Athletics Championships winners 21st-century South African sportswomen Place of birth missing (living people)