Valco van Wyk
South African pole vaulter (born 2000)
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Valco van Wyk (born 26 February 2000) is a South African athlete. He is a multiple-time national champion in the pole vault and was the gold medalist the 2026 African Championships in Athletics.[1]
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| Born | 26 February 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  South Africa | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Van Wyk studied for a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Sport Coaching and Human Movement Sciences student at North-West University.[2] He represented South Africa at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere,[3] and won the gold medal in the pole vault at the 2019 African U20 Championships the following year in Abidjan.[4]
In June 2022, he was a medalists in the pole vault at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics in Mauritius.[5][6]
In 2026, he won at the USSA Championships in pole vault.[2] In April 2026, he became senior national champion for the seventh time at the South Africa Athletics Championships, clearing a height of 5.10m.[7] In May, he won the gold medal at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics.[8]