Brian Raats
 Brian Raats (left) at the 2024 African Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Charl Raats (Father), Elsabe Raats (Mother), Muranda Klaassen (Sister), Diane Oosthuizen (Sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | High Jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | High jump: 2.26m (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brian Raats OLY (born 17 January 2004) is a South African track and field athlete. In 2024, he became national champion in the high jump.[1]
Biography
[edit]In 2022, aged 18 years-old, Raats jumped a personal best in the high jump of 2.26 metres in Potchefstroom.[2] He finished second in the high jump at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[3][4] In 2022, he was nominated for South African Junior Athlete of the Year.[5]
In March 2023, he won the South African U20 high jump title with a jump of 2.20 metres.[6] He then won the gold medal at the African U20 Championships in Ndola, Zambia in 2023 with a jump of 2.15 metres.[7][8]
In April 2024, he became the senior national high jump champion at the South African Athletics Championships in Pietermaritzburg.[9]
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he qualified for the final, finishing in twelfth place overall.[10]
In September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Brian Raats". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ de Swardt, Wilhelm (9 March 2023). "Tuks high jumper likes setting big goals". Supersport.com. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "Men's High Jump Results: World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2022". 1 August 2022.
- ↑ "Brian Raats bags silver at world junior - day 5 U20 Athletics". Supersport. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "2022 BACKTRACK PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS NOMINATIONS". Athleticsawards.co.za. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ↑ Venter, Koos (28 March 2023). "Athletics Gauteng North's juniors dominate national championships again". Citizen.co.za. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "SA Youth And Junior Athletes Shine In Zambia". sasportspress.co.za. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "SA junior athletes win gold at CAA Championships in Lusaka". Spoetscorner.za. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "South African Championships". World Athletics. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "Men's High Jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
African Champions in men's high jump | |
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- 2004 births
- Living people
- South African men high jumpers
- South African Athletics Championships winners
- Olympic athletes for South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa
- Olympic men high jumpers