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
Bronze medal – third place2024 DoualaLong 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]

Biography

Nolte 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]

Nolte 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]

Nolte 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]

Nolte 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]

In April 2026, she won the long jump title at the South African Championships in Stellenbosch.[17]

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.
  17. ↑ "Consistent Dambile confirms his 200m dominance". Teamsa.co.za. 19 April 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
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