Johannes Kleingeld (born 10 June 1971) is a South African

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. He was the men's doubles champion at the

African Championships An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between Africa, African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports club, sports clubs. List of championships ;Athletics * African ...

in 1998 and 2004. Kleingeld competed at the

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and

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games (; ), also known as Algiers 2007 (), took place from 11 to 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers became the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were a ...

, and helped the team win the gold medal in 2003. He also represented his country at the

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

and

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

Achievements

All-Africa Games

''Men's doubles''

African Championships

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

IBF International

''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

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* * * 1971 births Living people South African male badminton players Badminton players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Badminton players at the 2003 All-Africa Games Badminton players at the 2007 All-Africa Games African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games bronze medalists for South Africa African Games gold medalists in badminton African Games silver medalists in badminton African Games bronze medalists in badminton 21st-century South African sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{SouthAfrica-badminton-bio-stub