Babalwa Ndleleni

Babalwa Ndleleni
Personal information
Full nameBabalwa Ndleleni
Born (1979-03-14) 14 March 1979 (age 45)
Weight74.39 kg (164.0 lb)
Sport
Country South Africa
SportWeightlifting
Weight class75 kg
TeamNational team
Updated on 8 September 2016

Babalwa Ndleleni (born (1979-03-14)14 March 1979) is a South African female weightlifter, competing in the 75 kg category and representing South Africa at international competitions. She competed at world championships, most recently at the 2007 World Weightlifting Championships.[1]

In 2006 she became South African Sportswoman of the Year.

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Result Rank 1 2 3 Result Rank
World Championships
2007 Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand 75 kg 82 87 90 87 24 107 112 112 107 25 194 24
African Championships
2010 Cameroon Yaoundé, Cameroon 75 kg 83 83 83 107 113 118 113 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2009 Uganda Kampala, Uganda 75 kg 80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 115 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 195 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2008 South Africa Strand, South Africa 75 kg 83 90 91 83 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 110 115 120 120 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 203 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Commonwealth Championships
2009 Malaysia Penang, Malaysia 75 kg 83 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 112 1st place, gold medalist(s) 195 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games
2010 India Delhi, India 75 kg 83 83 88 83 11 108 113 117 113 7 196 10
2006 Australia Melbourne, Australia 75 kg 75 78 78 78 3 95 100 104 104 3 182 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[2]
African Games
2007 Algeria Algiers, Algeria 75 kg 82 87 89 87 4 105 110 110 110 4 197 4[3]

Personal life

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After her retirement, she worked in a call center, later has an admin job.[4]

Sporting positions
Preceded by South African Sportswoman of the Year
2006
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "2007 Weightlifting World Championships - Babalwa Ndleleni". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Women's 75 kg - Result". www.melbourne2006.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006.
  3. ^ "2007 All Africa Games Results" (PDF). www.commonwealthweightlifting.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2017.
  4. ^ Cheryl Robert (15 July 2014). "SA quick to forget its woman sports stars". Cape Argus. Retrieved 19 November 2018.