Danielle Nolte

Danielle Nolte
Nolte in 2024
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Long Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestLong jump: 6.61m (2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  South Africa
African Championships
2024 Douala Long jump

Danielle Nolte (born 11 January 2002) is a South African long jumper. She is a multiple-time national champion since 2022, and was the bronze medalist in the long jump at the 2024 African Championships.[1]

Career

She attended TuksSport High School in Pretoria. In 2019, she competed at the South Africa Junior Championships where she won a silver medal in the under-18 triple jump competition. She ended the season with the best distance in the long jump, of 5.80 metres.[2]

She is a member of Athletics Gauteng North (AGN).[3] She won the senior South African Athletics Championships for the first time in April 2022 with a jump of 6.22 metres in Cape Town.[4][5] She placed sixth at the 2022 African Championships in Saint Pierre, Mauritius, with a long jump of 6.09 metres.[6][7]

She was South African Athletics Championships long jump champion for the again in April 2023 with a jump of 6.31 metres.[8] She jumped a personal best 6.61 metres to win the South African Championships title in April 2024 in Pietermaritzburg.[9] She won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon in June 2024, behind Ese Brume and Marthe Koala.[10][11]

She jumped 6.56 metres to win the second leg of the ASA Grand Prix Series in Johannesburg, on 19 March, 2025.[12] She retained her South African Championships title in April 2025 in Potchefstroom.[13] She jumped 6.56 metres in competition again at the Kip Keino Classic in May 2025.[14]

In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ "Danielle Nolte". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. ^ "TuksSport High School sprinter the one to beat during Twizza Grand Finale". up.ac.za. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Pretoria still the athletics Mecca of South Africa". Citizen.co.za. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  4. ^ "South African Championships". World Athletics. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Sekgodiso and Sibiya stun rivals at 2022 ASA Senior Championships". Athletics.Africa. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  6. ^ "MIRANDA COETZEE CLINCHES GOLD AT AFRICA CHAMPS". gsport. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. ^ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Athletics Gauteng North (AGN) continues to be SA's top athletic force". Citizen.co.za. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  9. ^ "GLENROSE XABA AND SHIRLEY NEKHUBUI WIN IMPRESSIVE SECOND GOLD MEDALS ON SATURDAY". gsport. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  10. ^ "HUGE MEDALS HAUL BY WOMEN ATHLETES IN TEAM SA'S AFRICAN SENIOR CHAMPS WIN IN CAMEROON". gsport. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Brume sails to fourth title as Bass Bittaye and Moraa win at African Championships in Douala". World Athletics. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  12. ^ "TUMI RAMOKGOPA BREAKS SA 100MH JUNIOR RECORD AT ASA GRAND PRIX 2". gsport. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  13. ^ "South African Championships". World Athletics. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Nene scorches to fastest time in world for 2025". Teamsa.co.za. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  15. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  16. ^ "Walaza rebounds from injury to be selected for World Athletics Championships". iol.co.za. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.