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Nicolaas De Lange

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.[1] In August 2021, he won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Junior Championships in Ufa.[2] In May 2022, in El Jadida, Morocco, he lost to Mostafa Elders of Egypt in the final of the African Championships.[3] 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.[4][5] In May 2023, in Hammamet, Tunisia, he won a bronze medal at the African Championships.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] He competed in the men's freestyle 97 kg event at the Olympics.[9]

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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