Jaco Engelbrecht

Jaco Engelbrecht
Personal information
Born (1987-03-08) 8 March 1987
Education University of Johannesburg[1]
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 146 kg (322 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Shot put

Jacobus Petrus "Jaco" 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.

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

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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

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