Justine Palframan

Justine Palframan

Palframan at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1993-11-04) 4 November 1993 (age 31) Pietermaritzburg, South Africa[1]
Education	Stellenbosch University[2]
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	200 metres, 400 metres
Club	Maties Athletics Club, Stellenbosch[3]
Coached by	Stephen Palframan
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  South Africa African Championships 2016 Durban 4x400 m relay

Justine Palframan (born 4 November 1993) is a South African sprinter specialising in the 200 and 400 metres.^[4] She won the 400 m event at the 2015 Summer Universiade. She also represented South Africa at the IAAF 2013 World Championships and 2016 Olympics.

Palframan's father Steve and mother Trevlyn are former track athletes, while her sister Katelyn and brother David competed in athletics and swimming. Palframan initially trained in swimming, field hockey, and athletics, and by the age of 16 focused on sprinting.^[3]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  South Africa
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	9th (sf)	200 m	24.17
			4th	400 m	54.55
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	17th (sf)	200 m	24.09
2011	African Junior Championships	Gaborone, Botswana	2nd	400 m	52.93
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:38.16
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	5th	400 m	51.87
			9th	4 × 400 m relay	3:40.31
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	13th (sf)	200 m	23.93
			17th (h)	400 m	55.43
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:36.05
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	34th (h)	200 m	23.64
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	4th	200 m	23.27
			6th	400 m	53.70
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ[5]
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	1st	400 m	51.27
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:46.73
	World Championships	Beijing, China	19th (sf)	200 m	23.04
			34th (h)	400 m	52.45
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	9th (sf)	400 m	52.75
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	4th	200 m	23.22
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.49
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	43rd (h)	200 m	23.33
			51st (h)	400 m	53.96
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	15th (sf)	200 m	23.21
			13th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:37.82
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	2nd	400 m	51.83
2018	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	15th (sf)	400 m	57.11
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.75 (0.0 m/s) (Stellenbosch 2015)
• 200 metres – 22.96 (+1.9 m/s) (Stellenbosch 2015)
• 400 metres – 51.27 (Gwangju 2015)

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