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Henricho Bruintjies
	Bruintjies at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	July 16, 1993 (age 31); Paarl, South Africa
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
Sport
Country	South Africa
Event(s)	100 metres; 200 metres
Coached by	Morne Nagel
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.97 (2015); 200 m: 20.62 (2015)
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing South Africa
Commonwealth Games
African Games
African Championships

Henricho Bruintjies (born 16 July 1993) is a South African sprinter. He broke the 10-second barrier with a run of 9.97 seconds in 2015. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games. He is a silver medalist in the 100 metres in the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Career

Bruintjies took up athletics as a grade 1 schoolboy.^[1] In 2013, he was the South African under-23 champion in the 100 metres, defeating Akani Simbine in 10.44; at the national senior championships, he placed second behind Simon Magakwe in 10.58.^[2]^[3] He represented South Africa at the 2013 Summer Universiade in the 4 × 100 metres relay; the South African team placed seventh.^[2] In 2014, Bruintjies improved his personal best to 10.17A (+1.8 m/s) and ran the opening leg for South Africa's relay team at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow; South Africa placed fourth in a national record 38.35.^[2] Bruintjies also competed in the 2014 African Championships, taking part in both the individual 100 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay; in the individual event, he was eliminated in the semi-finals, while the South African relay team was disqualified in the heats.^[2]

2015 was Bruintjies's breakthrough year.^[1] On 8 June, he won the 100 m ahead of fellow South African Anaso Jobodwana at the Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague, running 10.06 (+1.5 m/s); the time was his personal best and a South African sea-level record.^[3]^[4] A month later, he ran 9.97 (+0.8 m/s) at near-altitude in La Chaux-de-Fonds, breaking Magakwe's South African record of 9.98; he was the third South African (after Magakwe and Simbine) to break 10 seconds in the 100 metres.^[4] Simbine equalled Bruintjies's record at the Universiade only four days later.^[4]

Bruintjies was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.^[5]

Bruintjies competed in the 100 m event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He finished 6th in his heat with a time of 10.33 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Nazli Hamilton (9 July 2015). "Bruintjies focused on his own journey". SuperSport. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Henricho Bruintjies at Tilastopaja (registration required)
^ ^a ^b Johan van Wyk (14 June 2015). "Bruintjies pure goud" (in Afrikaans). netwerk24.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ockert de Villiers (10 July 2015). "Bruintjies happy to make parents proud". sport24.co.za. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ Ockert de Villiers (11 August 2015). "Caster confirmed in Team SA squad". sport24.co.za. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.