Johanita Scholtz

Johanita Scholtz
Johanita Scholtz
Personal information
Country	South Africa
Born	25 January 2000 (age 24); Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Women's singles & doubles
Highest ranking	88 (WS 26 September 2023); 129 (WD with Megan de Beer 11 February 2020); 93 (XD with Caden Kakora 12 March 2024)
Current ranking	103 (WS); 230 (WD with Megan de Beer; 111 (XD with Caden Kakora) (16 July 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing South Africa
African Games
African Championships
Africa Women's Team Championships
	BWF profile

Johanita Scholtz (born 25 January 2000) is a South African badminton player.^[1] Scholtz won her first senior international title at the 2017 Botswana International tournament.^[2] She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.^[3] She was the women's singles gold medalist at the 2019 African Games, also won bronze medals in the team and women's doubles events.^[4]

Achievements

African Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	21–19, 21–18	Gold
2023	Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana	Husina Kobugabe	16–21, 21–17, 21–19	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Ain Chock Indoor Sports Center, Casablanca, Morocco	Megan de Beer	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh	16–21, 13–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Borteyman Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana	Caden Kakora	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany	19–21, 16–21	Bronze

African Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2021	MTN Arena, Kampala, Uganda	Doha Hany	21–15, 21–11	Gold
2023	John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa	Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	21–14, 14–21, 16–21	Silver
2024	Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo, Egypt	Kate Ludik	20–22, 19–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	John Barrable Hall, Benoni, South Africa	Sandra le Grange	Michelle Butler-Emmett Jennifer Fry	15–21, 20–22	Bronze
2021	MTN Arena, Kampala, Uganda	Amy Ackerman	Mounib Celia Tanina Mammeri	23–21, 21–13	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 8 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Rose Hill International	Bridget Shamim Bangi	7–21, 22–20, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	Botswana International	Aisha Nakiyemba	21–10, 21–17	Winner
2019	Botswana International	Megan de Beer	21–11, 21–8	Winner
2021	Benin International	Deidre Laurens	21–11, 21–10	Winner
2021	Botswana International	Revati Devasthale	21–18, 13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2021	South Africa International	Deidre Laurens	21–10, 21–11	Winner
2022	Botswana International	Kim Schmidt	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2022	South Africa International	Lee Yu-hsuan	8–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2023	Benin International	Nour Ahmed Youssri	21–17, 20–22, 21–19	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	South Africa International	Lehandre Schoeman	Michelle Butler-Emmett Jennifer Fry	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2019	Botswana International	Megan de Beer	Michelle Butler-Emmett Kerry-Lee Harrington	21–18, 22–20	Winner
2019	South Africa International	Megan de Beer	Katharina Fink Yasmine Hamza	21–16, 15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2021	Botswana International	Amy Ackerman	Kamila Smagulova Aisha Zhumabek	21–9, 21–10	Winner
2021	South Africa International	Amy Ackerman	Megan de Beer Deidre Laurens	21–17, 21–11	Winner
2023	South Africa International	Megan de Beer	Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Botswana International	Jason Mann	Jarred Elliott Megan de Beer	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2023	Kampala International	Caden Kakora	Kuswanto Sreeyuktha Sreejith Parol	9–21, 21–17, 23–25	Runner-up
2023	Uganda International	Caden Kakora	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ "Players: Johanita Scholtz". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
^ "Nakiyemba wins silver in Botswana Badminton". New Vision. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Participants: Johanita Scholtz". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
^ "Team SA: All our 81 medal winners". TeamSA. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

External links

Johanita Scholtz at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com

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[1] "Players: Johanita Scholtz". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

[2] "Nakiyemba wins silver in Botswana Badminton". New Vision. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[3] "Participants: Johanita Scholtz". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[4] "Team SA: All our 81 medal winners". TeamSA. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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