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Nicolaas De Lange
Personal information
Full nameNicolaas Johannes Steyn De Lange
National team South Africa
Born (2001-08-23) 23 August 2001 (age 23)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
CountrySouth Africa
SportSport wrestling
EventFreestyle
Medal record
Men's freestyle wrestling
Representing  South Africa
U20 World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Ufa 92 kg
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 El Jadida 97 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Hammamet 97 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 97 kg

Nicolaas Johannes Steyn De Lange (born 23 August 2001) is a South African freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 97 kilograms. He is an African Championships and Commonwealth Games medalist.

Career

De Lange was the 2019 and 2020 African Junior Champion. In August 2021, he won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Junior Championships in Ufa. In May 2022, in El Jadida, Morocco, he lost to Mostafa Elders of Egypt in the final of the African Championships. In early August 2022, in Birmingham, having lost in the final to Nishan Randhawa of Canada, De Lange won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In May 2023, in Hammamet, Tunisia, he won a bronze medal at the African Championships. In September 2023, at the World Championships in Belgrade, he lost to Russian Abdulrashid Sadulaev in the round of 32 and finished in 29th place. In March 2024, at the Africa and Oceania qualifying tournament in Alexandria, he managed to win a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He competed in the men's freestyle 97 kg event at the Olympics.

References

  1. "de Lange, Nicolaas Johannes Steyn". Unitedwrestling.com. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  2. "Results of a sporstman". The-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  3. "African Championships 2022". UWW.
  4. "Birmingham 2022 Results - Sport - Wrestling". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  5. "Di Stasio, Randhawa golden on day two of wrestling as all Canadian wrestlers earn medals". Wrestling.ca. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  6. "African Championships 2023". UWW.
  7. "Athletes-Results". Uww.org. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  8. "Olympians gear up for African & Oceania qualifiers for Paris 2024". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  9. "Wrestling Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

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