Zinzi Chabangu
South African triple jumper
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Zinzi Elna Chabangu (born 28 September 1996) is a South African athlete specialising in the triple jump.[1] She won a silver medal at the 2018 African Championships in Asaba with 13.59 metres and a bronze medal at the 2019 African Games with the same result. She's the South African record holder with a jump of 14.02m, this feet happened at Tuks Sports Athletics track March 2020.
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| Born | 28 September 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Neil Cornelius | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  South Africa | |||||
| 2013 | World Youth Championships | Donetsk, Ukraine | – | Long jump | NM |
| 16th (q) | Triple jump | 12.36 m | |||
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 19th (q) | Long jump | 5.95 m |
| 22nd (q) | Triple jump | 12.84 m | |||
| 2015 | African Junior Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 12th | Long jump | 4.95 m |
| 3rd | Triple jump | 13.03 m | |||
| Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 17th (q) | Long jump | 5.87 m | |
| 20th (q) | Triple jump | 12.78 m | |||
| African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 7th | Long jump | 6.08 m | |
| 5th | Triple jump | 13.00 m | |||
| 2018 | African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 4th | Long jump | 6.14 m |
| 2nd | Triple jump | 13.59 m | |||
| 2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 20th (q) | Long jump | 5.97 m |
| 7th | Triple jump | 13.42 m | |||
| African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 4th | Long jump | 6.15 m | |
| 3rd | Triple jump | 13.42 m | |||
