Rogail Joseph (born 22 April 2000) is a South African track and field athlete who competes over 400m hurdles. She won the gold medal at the 2023 African Games and the 2024 and 2026 African Championships.[1]
 Rogail Joseph 23rd African Athletics Senior Championships 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 April 2000 Worcester, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72/5 ft 8 in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400m hurdles: 54.12 (2024 Summer Olympics) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editJoseph 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
editShe 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]
She competed in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running 56.20 seconds without qualifying for the semi-finals.[13]
Joseph won the 400 m hurdles title at the 2026 South African Championships, running 55.94 seconds.[14] In May, ran at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay in Gaborone, Botswana.[15] Later that month, Joseph retained her 400 m title at the 2026 African Championships in Athletics in Accra, Ghana with a season’s best of 54.73.[16]
Personal bests
editInformation from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]
Individual events
edit| Type | Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| 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
edit- 1 2 "Rogail Joseph". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ Jacobs, Bertie (14 May 2024). "Seven Eagles to soar at the 2024 Olympic Games in France". news.nwu.ac.zu. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ↑ "Rogail Joseph on Track to the Top: "Power of Sport Changes Lives"". uwc.ac.za. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "ROGAIL JOSEPH: NEW KID ON THE BLOCK". gsport.co.za. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "No hurdle too high for Joseph". gsport.co.za. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "Gerda Steyn competes with Semenya, Kgatlana for sports award". ofm.co.za. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ Pienaar, Wouter (1 April 2023). "Potch crowd lifts Wayde van Niekerk to superb SA title win". Citizen.co.za. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "Bass-Bittaye completes sprint double and Meshesha breaks Games record in Accra". World Athletics. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ "ROGAIL JOSEPH BECOMES TEAM SA'S 100TH MEDALLIST AS SOUTH AFRICA ENDS AFRICAN GAMES IN THIRD". gsport. 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ↑ Botton, Wesley (20 April 2024). "Geldenhuys and Joseph qualify for Paris Olympics". Citizen.co.za. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ↑ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ↑ "ROGAIL JOSEPH CLAIMS 400M HURDLES TITLE AMONG PODIUM QUESTS AT THE ATHLETICS SA SENIOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPS". gsport. 18 April 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe win 4x400m, Yego claims sixth javelin title on final day of African Championships". World Athletics. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
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