Nicolaas Johannes Steyn De Lange (born 23 August 2001) is a South African freestyle wrestler who currently competes at 97 kilograms. He is an African Championships and Commonwealth Games medalist.
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| Full name | Nicolaas Johannes Steyn De Lange | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 August 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sport wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editDe Lange was the 2019 and 2020 African Junior Champion.[1] In August 2021, he won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Junior Championships in Ufa.[2] In May 2022, in El Jadida, Morocco, he lost to Mostafa Elders of Egypt in the final of the African Championships.[3] In early August 2022, in Birmingham, having lost in the final to Nishan Randhawa of Canada, De Lange won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[4][5] In May 2023, in Hammamet, Tunisia, he won a bronze medal at the African Championships.[6] In September 2023, at the World Championships in Belgrade, he lost to Russian Abdulrashid Sadulaev in the round of 32 and finished in 29th place.[7] In March 2024, at the Africa and Oceania qualifying tournament in Alexandria, he managed to win a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[8]
References
edit- ^ "de Lange, Nicolaas Johannes Steyn". Unitedwrestling.com. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Results of a sporstman". The-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "African Championships 2022". UWW.
- ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results - Sport - Wrestling". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Di Stasio, Randhawa golden on day two of wrestling as all Canadian wrestlers earn medals". Wrestling.ca. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ "African Championships 2023". UWW.
- ^ "Athletes-Results". Uww.org. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ^ "Olympians gear up for African & Oceania qualifiers for Paris 2024". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
External links
edit- Nicolaas de Lange at the International Wrestling Database
- Nicolaas de Lange at the International Wrestling Database
