Gardeo Isaacs (born 27 December 1998) is a South African sprinter. He became South African national champion in 2019 over
400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is on ...
.
Early life
From
Parow, Cape Town
Parow is a suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa and a Northern Suburb of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality founded by Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Parow who arrived in the locality in 1865.
History
During a great sto ...
he attended
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ...
where he studied Management Accounting.
Career
He won the South African 400m national title in April 2019 in
Germiston
Germiston, also known as kwaDukathole, is a small city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administratively forming part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since the latter's establishment in 2000. It functions as ...
in a time of 45.39 seconds. He won the 400m at the South African Varsity Athletics meet in 2019, running a time of 45.70 seconds. Later that year, he went on to win the bronze medal in 45.89 seconds for South Africa at the
2019 Summer Universiade
)
, Nations participating = 118
, Athletes participating = 5,971
, Events = 220
, Sports = 18
, Opening ceremony = 3 July
, Closing ceremony = 14 July
, Officially opened by = President ...
in
Naples, Italy
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
.
He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team at the
2019 IAAF World Championships
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in
Doha
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having also ran as a part of the team at the
2019 IAAF World Relays
The 2019 IAAF World Relays was held in Yokohama, Japan from May 11 to May 12, 2019. Two new events were established for 2019, both mixed events: the relay and the shuttle hurdles relay. The first event replaced the relay that featured at previo ...
in Japan.
He ran for South Africa at the
2022 African Championships in Athletics
The 22nd African Championships in Athletics was held in Saint Pierre, Mauritius from 8 to 12 June 2022, at the Cote d'Or National Sports Complex. The event was originally scheduled to be held in 2020 in Oran, Algeria, but had to be cancelled due ...
in
Mauritius
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. He came third in the 400 metres at the South African Championships in
Potchefstroom
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in 2023, in a new personal best time of 45.15 seconds.
In
Pretoria
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...
, in March 2024, he ran a personal best 31.91 for the 300 metres. He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024
World Relays Championships in
Nassau, Bahamas
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.
In June 2024, he was selected for the South African team for the
2024 Paris Olympics
)
, nations = TBA
, athletes = 10,500 ''(quota limit)''
, events = 329 in 32 sports (48 disciplines)
, opening = 26 July 2024
, closing = 11 August 2024
, opened_by =
, stadium = Stade de France Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine
, summer ...
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References
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1998 births
Living people
South African male sprinters