Mondray Barnard
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| Born | 8 May 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 110mH: 13.44 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Mondray Barnard (born 8 May 2002) is a South African hurdler. He competed over 110 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Biography
[edit]He is coached by Jessi Kahn of the Heat Athletics Club in South Africa.[2] He had a second-place finish in the 110 metres hurdles at the South African Athletics Championships in 2024.[3]
In the spring of 2025, he had a second place finish in 13.49 seconds at the Irena Szewinska Memorial, a World Athletics Continental Tour meeting in Bydgoszcz, Poland and finished runner-up to Franco le Roux at the South African Athletics Championships in a personal best 13.44 seconds in Potchefstroom.[4][5]
He won a bronze medal in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany in July 2025.[6][7] The following month, he was second in Belgrade, Serbia, running 13.57 seconds, finishing behind Cuban Kendry Menendez.[8] He represented South Africa at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan in September 2025, running 13.57 seconds without qualifying for the semi-final.[9]
In March 2026, he was a semi-finalist competing for South Africa in the 60 m hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[10][11][12]
Personal life
[edit]Barnard is from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape.[13] He attended The IIE's Varsity College in South Africa, studying for a Bachelor of Commerce degree.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mondray Barnard". World Athletics. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ "SA hurdler Mondray Barnard eyes World Championship spot in Tokyo". sabcnews.com. 22 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- 1 2 "Rising hurdles star excited for academic journey ahead". PE Express. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ "NENE LEADS SA CHARGE IN NAIROBI WITH NEW WORLD LEAD". Backtrack.co.za. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ "South African Championships". World Athletics. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ "Mondray Barnard Secures Bronze in Thrilling 110m Hurdles Final at World University Games". Sport South Africa. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ↑ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ Graham, Raymond (8 August 2025). "Massive 100m PB for Moore". Jamaican Star. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "SA at the World Championships: Day 3 action". Teamsa.co.za. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ "Entry lists published for World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ↑ "Eight athletes make SA team for World Indoor Champs". Super Sport. 15 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ↑ "Le Roux breaks African record at World Indoor Champs". Super Sport. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
- ↑ "Gqeberha hurdler Barnard oozing confidence ahead of world champs". The Herald. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
