Danielle Nolte
South African athlete (born 2002)
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Danielle Nolte (born 11 January 2002) is a South African long jumper. She is a multiple-time national champion since 2022, and was the bronze medalist in the long jump at the 2024 African Championships.[1]
Nolte in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 January 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long Jump | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Long jump: 6.61m (2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Nolte attended TuksSport High School in Pretoria. In 2019, she competed at the South Africa Junior Championships where she won a silver medal in the under-18 triple jump competition. She ended the season with the best distance in the long jump, of 5.80 metres.[2]
Nolte is a member of Athletics Gauteng North (AGN).[3] She won the senior South African Athletics Championships for the first time in April 2022 with a jump of 6.22 metres in Cape Town.[4][5] She placed sixth at the 2022 African Championships in Saint Pierre, Mauritius, with a long jump of 6.09 metres.[6][7]
Nolte was South African Athletics Championships long jump champion for the again in April 2023 with a jump of 6.31 metres.[8] She jumped a personal best 6.61 metres to win the South African Championships title in April 2024 in Pietermaritzburg.[9] She won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon in June 2024, behind Ese Brume and Marthe Koala.[10][11]
Nolte jumped 6.56 metres to win the second leg of the ASA Grand Prix Series in Johannesburg, on 19 March 2025.[12] She retained her South African Championships title in April 2025 in Potchefstroom.[13] She jumped 6.56 metres in competition again at the Kip Keino Classic in May 2025.[14]
In September 2025, she competed at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[15][16]
In April 2026, she won the long jump title at the South African Championships in Stellenbosch.[17]