Jaco Engelbrecht

Jacobus Petrus Engelbrecht (born 8 March 1987) is a South African athlete specialising in the shot put.[2] He has won several medals on continental level. In addition, he represented his country at the 2014 World Indoor Championships without qualifying for the final.

Jaco Engelbrecht
Personal information
Born (1987-03-08) 8 March 1987
EducationUniversity of Johannesburg[1]
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight146 kg (322 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Shot put
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  South Africa
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place2011 MaputoShot put
Bronze medal – third place2015 BrazzavilleShot put
African Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 MarrakechShot put
Gold medal – first place2016 DurbanShot put

His personal bests in the event are 20.45 metres outdoors (Stellenbosch 2015) and 17.59 metres indoors (Sopot 2014).

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  South Africa
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 7th Shot put 18.97 m
All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 2nd Shot put 18.89 m
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 4th Shot put 17.91 m
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 5th Shot put 19.48 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 19th (q) Shot put 17.59 m
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 2nd Shot put 18.87 m
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 6th Shot put 19.20 m
World Championships Beijing, China 25th (q) Shot put 19.04 m
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 3rd Shot put 19.55 m
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st Shot put 20.00 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 27th (q) Shot put 19.59 m

References
  1. 2015 WSG profile Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Jaco Engelbrecht at World Athletics


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