Zenéy Geldenhuys

Zenéy Geldenhuys
Personal information
Birth name	Zenéy van der Walt
Born	22 May 2000 (age 24); Pretoria, South Africa
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	400 m, 400 m hurdles, 4×400 m relay
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	400 m: 50.81 (2023); 400 m hurdles: 54.47 (2022);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing South Africa
African Championships
Commonwealth Games
Universiade
World Youth Championships

Zenéy Geldenhuys (née van der Walt; born 22 May 2000) is a South African athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2022 African Champion, and in the 400 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2022 African Champion with the South African women's team.

She also won gold medals at the 2017 World U18 Championships and the 2018 World U20 Championships. In 2019, she won a silver medal at the Universiade.^[1]

Early life and background

Zenéy van der Walt was born on 22 May 2000 in Pretoria, South Africa.^[2]

She started practising athletics around the age of six.^[3]^[4]

As of 2022, she was studying education at the University of Pretoria.^[3]^[4]

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.^[5]

Personal best times for individual events
Type	Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
Outdoor	200 metres	23.84	Celle Ligure, Italy	19 July 2023	(Wind: +0.5 m/s)
	300 metres	36.62	Pretoria, South Africa	18 February 2023
	400 metres	50.81	Pretoria, South Africa	12 April 2023
	100 metres hurdles	14.05	Pretoria, South Africa	4 March 2023	(Wind: +0.7 m/s)
	400 metres hurdles	54.47	Birmingham, United Kingdom	6 August 2022

Season's best times for individual events
Year	200 m	400 m	400 m hurdles
2015	—	55.67	—
2016	—	55.10	59.31
2017	24.95	55.34	57.94
2018	24.55	—	55.05
2019	25.27	52.89	55.73
2020	—	—	—
2021	23.93	52.94	55.89
2022	24.03	51.90	54.47
2023	23.84	50.82	54.82
2024	23.34	51.71	54.72

Key: Lifetime best (in bold)

Personal best times for team events
Type	Event	Time	Venue	Date	Notes
Outdoor	4 x 400 metres relay women	3:29.34	Saint Pierre, Mauritius	12 June 2022	Teamed with Miranda Coetzee, Taylon Bieldt, and Precious Molepo.^[6]

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.^[5]

Representing South Africa
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
2017	World U18 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	400 m hurdles	58.23
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	400 m hurdles	55.34
2019	Universiade	Naples, Italy	2nd	400 m hurdles	55.73
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.97
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	4th	400 m hurdles	57.67
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:41.17
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	31st (h)	400 m hurdles	57.11
2022	African Championships	Port Louis, Mauritius	1st	400 m hurdles	56.00
	African Championships	Port Louis, Mauritius	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.34
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	16th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.81
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:46.68
	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	400 m hurdles	54.47
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	21st (sf)	400 m	51.54
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	21st (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.49
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	9th (sf)	400 m hurdles	53.90

^ "Van der Walt wins silver in 400m-hurdles at the World Student Games". supersport.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
^ "Zenéy van der Walt", Eurosport, 1 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Reaching New Heights Archived 2 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine", JAN Online, 1 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b Rudene Hare, "Zenéy van der Walt: “I Am Very Grateful for the Bronze Medal” Archived 18 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine", Gsport, 18 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Zenéy van der Walt Archived 23 September 2023 at the Wayback Machine", World Athletics. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ "African Athletics Championships Women's 4x400m Archived 1 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine", World Athletics. Retrieved 1 November 2023.