Leandri Holtzhausen
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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Leandri Greel 14 July 1997 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | Hammer: 68.08 m (2025) Discus:50.95 m (2016) Shot Put: 12.70m (2015) | ||||||||||||||
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Leandri Holtzhausen (née Greel born 14 July 1997) is a South African hammer and discus thrower.[1]
Biography
From Lindhaven, she was educated at Hoërskool Monument in Guateng. While competing as Leandri Greel in 2013, she was chosen to represent South Africa in the World Youth Athletics Championships, where she finished in seventh position in the girls discus throw and also represented South Africa at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. The following year, she won the discus throw at the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships.[2]
Greel placed sixth in the hammer throw at the 2022 African Athletics Championships in Saint Pierre, Mauritius.[3] In April 2023, she set a new South African national record in the hammer throw of 66.11 metres, breaking the previous mark set by Phethisang Makhethe.[4]
In 2024, she was the silver-medallist in the senior women's hammer throw at the South African Championships after throwing 61.32m to finish behind winner Colette Uys.[5] She placed fourth in the hammer throw at the 2024 African Athletics Championships in Douala, Cameroon.[6]
Holzhauser set a national record of 66.54m at a Central Gauteng Athletics league meeting in Germiston in February 2025.[7] Competing in March 2025, she set another new South African record, throwing 67.95 metres in the hammer throw.[8]
In April 2026, Holtzhausen won the women’s hammer throw at the South African Championships with a 67.70m throw.[9] Holtzhausen won the bronze medal in the hammer throw at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics in Accra, Ghana.[10]
References
- ↑ "Leandri Holtzhausen". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Discus darling Leandri sparkles - Roodepoort Record". The Citizen. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
- ↑ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Geel breaks SA hammer throw record at ASA Grand Prix 2". Super Sport. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ↑ "'I want to throw as close to 70m as possible' - Leandri Holtzhausen lands new SA Hammer Throw record". The Top Runner. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "South African records fall at 2025 ASA Grand Prix 1 in Tshwane". Athletics South Africa. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Tuks medical student breaks SA women's hammer throw record". up.ac.za. 8 April 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Manyonga reclaims SA title on Day 2 of ASA Senior Championships in Stellenbosch". Athletics South Africa. 18 April 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "African Athletics Championships 2026: Tobi Amusan leads Nigeria medal haul on Day 2, Luvo Manyonga comeback continues with long jump gold". Olympics.com. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.