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South African long jumper
Lynique Beneke
Lynique Prinsloo at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1991-03-30) 30 March 1991 (age 33)
EducationUniversity of Johannesburg
Sport
SportAthletics
EventLong jump
Coached byEmmarie Fouche

Lynique Beneke (née Prinsloo; born 30 March 1991) is a South African athlete specialising in the long jump. She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships.

Her personal best in the event is 6.81 metres (-1.2 m/s) set in Stellenbosch in 2013.

She is married to a South African hurdler, PC Beneke.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  South Africa
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 3rd Long jump 6.22 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 27th (q) Long jump 6.17 m
2016 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 5th Long jump 6.13 m
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 5th Long jump 6.20 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (q) Long jump 6.10 m
2017 Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 6th Long jump 6.21 m
2018 African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 4th 4 × 100 m relay 45.63 s
3rd Long jump 6.38 m
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 4th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 45.54 s
3rd Long jump 6.30 m

References

  1. Lynique Beneke at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. "Longjumper Lynique lays down her marker for Rio 2016 | TeamSA". TeamSA. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.


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