Gabriella Marais
South African sprinter (born 2003)
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Gabriella Marais (born 18 November 2003) is a South African sprinter.[1]
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| Born | 18 November 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100m: 11.48 (2025) 200m: 23.57 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
Marais placed second over 100 metres at the 2025 South African Athletics Championships in April 2025, running 11.55 seconds in Potchefstroom to finish behind Joviale Mbisha.[2][3][4] That July, Marais won the bronze medal over 100 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany.[5]
Marais placed third in 11.72 seconds April 2026, finishing behind Joviale Mbisha and Viwe Jingqi who recorded the same time of 11.52 seconds.[6][7] She was selected for the South African team to compete at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana.[8] Marais was part of the South African women 4 x 100 metres relay team which set a new national record on the opening day at the World Relays on 2 May, as the quartet of Jingqi, Kayla La Grange, Mbishe and Marais ran 43.22 seconds, surpassing the previous best set 26 years previously.[9]
Personal life
She studied at University of the Free State in Bloemfontein.[10]
