Ansume de Beer
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| Born | 7 August 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Pole vault: 4.50m (2026) AU20R | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ansume de Beer (born 7 August 2007) is a South African pole vaulter. She won the gold medal at the 2026 African Championships.[1]
Biography
[edit]A member of Boland Athletics, De Beer set a new African age-group record of 4.16m metres while competing in Stellenbosch in 2025.[2] That year, she won the senior South African Athletics Championships for the first time with a clearance of 4.10 metres.[3] She also won the gold medal at the 2025 African U20 Championships in Abeokuta, Nigeria in July 2025.[4]
The following year, while competing at the South African U20 Championships in March 2026, de Beer cleared 4.18m to add two centimetres to set a new South African national U20 record.[2][5] In April, she won the senior title at the 2026 South African Athletics Championships in Stellenbosch, clearing 4.20 metres.[6]
The following month, she won the gold medal at the 2026 African Championships in Accra, Ghana, with an African U20 record clearance of 4.30 metres.[7][8][9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ansume de Beer". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Three more records fall at ASA Age Group Champs". SuperSport. 29 March 2026. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ Botton, Wesley (4 May 2025). "Junior athletes are flaunting South Africa's immense talent". Citizen.co.za. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ↑ Pillay, Alicia (July 21, 2025). "WOMEN ATHLETES REAP MEDALS AS SA WINS AGAIN AT CAA U18 & U20 CHAMPS". gsport. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ "MEGAN NIEMAN AND ANSUME DE BEER BREAK RECORDS ON THE CLOSING DAY OF THE ASA AGE GROUP CHAMPS". gsport.co.za. 29 March 2026. Retrieved 29 April 2026.
- ↑ "South African Championships". World Athletics. 16 April 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 May 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ "ANSUME DE BEER AND KRISTI SNYMAN STRIKE GOLD FOR SOUTH AFRICA IN ACCRA". gsport.co.za. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Relay breakthroughs and surprise performances at African Championships in Accra". World Athletics. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
African Champions in women's pole vault | |
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