Rogail Joseph

Rogail Joseph
Rogail Joseph 23rd African Athletics Senior Championships 2024
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 24)
Worcester, South Africa
Height1.72/5 ft 8 in
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHurdler
Achievements and titles
Personal best400m hurdles: 54.12 (2024 Summer Olympics)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  South Africa
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Douala 400 m hurdles
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Accra 400 m hurdles
African U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Abidjan 100 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Abidjan 400 m hurdles

Rogail Joseph (born 22 April 2000) is a South African track and field athlete who competes over 400m hurdles.[1]

Early life

Joseph is from a suburb called Roodewal located in Worcester in the Western Cape, and attended Worcester Gymnasium as well as University of the Western Cape and North-West University.[2][3]

Career

She won the South African U20 400m Hurdles title at the SA Champs on 6 April 2019, in Stellenbosch.[4] That month, she also won the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles titles at the 2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics, as well as the South African University Championships 400m hurdles.[5] She was nominated for Emerging Athlete of the Year at the 2019 G-Sport Awards.[6]

In April 2023, she finished third over 400m hurdles at the South African National Championships.[7] In August 2023, she competed at the World University Games, in Chengdu but was disqualified for an infringement.[8]

She won a gold medal in the 400m hurdles race at the 2023 African Games in Accra in March 2024 in a personal best of 55.39.[9][10] In April 2024, she finished runner-up at the South African National Championships 400m hurdles in Pietermaritzburg in a time of 54.84 seconds to secure the automatic qualifying time for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[11] She subsequently competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024 where she ran a personal best time of 54.12 in the semi-final.[12]

Personal bests

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]

Individual events

Personal best times for individual events
Type Event Time Venue Date Notes
Outdoor 200 metres 23.67 McArthur Stadium, Potchefstroom 25 May 2024
300 metres 36.89 McArthur Stadium, Potchefstroom 6 February 2024
400 metres 53.25 McArthur Stadium, Potchefstroom 10 April 2024
100 metres hurdles 13.97 Abidjan 18 April 2019
400 metres hurdles 54.12 Paris, France 6 August 2024

References

  1. ^ a b "Rogail Joseph". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ Jacobs, Bertie (14 May 2024). "Seven Eagles to soar at the 2024 Olympic Games in France". news.nwu.ac.zu. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Rogail Joseph on Track to the Top: "Power of Sport Changes Lives"". uwc.ac.za. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ "ROGAIL JOSEPH: NEW KID ON THE BLOCK". gsport.co.za. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  5. ^ "No hurdle too high for Joseph". gsport.co.za. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Gerda Steyn competes with Semenya, Kgatlana for sports award". ofm.co.za. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  7. ^ Pienaar, Wouter (1 April 2023). "Potch crowd lifts Wayde van Niekerk to superb SA title win". Citizen.co.za. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  8. ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Bass-Bittaye completes sprint double and Meshesha breaks Games record in Accra". World Athletics. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  10. ^ "ROGAIL JOSEPH BECOMES TEAM SA'S 100TH MEDALLIST AS SOUTH AFRICA ENDS AFRICAN GAMES IN THIRD". gsport. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  11. ^ Botton, Wesley (20 April 2024). "Geldenhuys and Joseph qualify for Paris Olympics". Citizen.co.za. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.


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