Elinda Vorster
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 8 September 1965 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m |
Elinda Vorster (née Rademeyer; born 8 September 1965 in Cape Town) is a retired South African athlete who specialised in sprinting events.[2] She represented her country at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1993 World Championships.
Her personal bests are 11.22 seconds in the 100 metres (+1.4 m/s, Germiston 1990) and 22.58 seconds in the 200 metres (+1.2 m/s, Germiston 1990).[3]
Competition record
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  South Africa
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| 1992 | African Championships | Belle Vue Maurel, Mauritius | 1st | 100 m | 11.26 |
| 1st | 200 m | 23.60 | |||
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 11th (sf) | 100 m | 11.44 | |
| 14th (sf) | 200 m | 23.08 | |||
| 1993 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 2nd | 100 m | 11.45 |
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 9th (sf) | 100 m | 11.22 | |
| 11th (sf) | 200 m | 22.83 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Sports-Reference profile
- ^ Elinda Vorster at World Athletics
- ^ "All-Athletics". Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
African Champions in women's 100 metres | |
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African Champions in women's 200 metres | |
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