South Africa at the 2021 Summer World University Games

South Africa at the 2021 Summer World University Games
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IOC code	RSA
in Chengdu, China 28 July 2023 (2023-07-28) – 8 August 2023 (2023-08-08)
Competitors	135 (70 men and 65 women)
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 2 Silver 11 Bronze 7 Total 20
Summer World University Games appearances
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South Africa competed at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China held from 28 July to 8 August 2023.

Medal summary

Medal by sports

Rank	Sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Athletics	2	2	6	10
2	Swimming	0	7	0	7
3	Rowing	0	1	1	2
4	Archery	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	11	7	20

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Day
Gold	Marlie Viljoen	Athletics	Women's 400 metres	3 August
Gold	Tsebo Matsoso	Athletics	Men's 200 metres	4 August
Silver	Christian Beyers de Klerk	Archery	Men's individual compound	31 July
Silver	Shaun Maswanganyi	Athletics	Men's 100 metres	2 August
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 50 metre butterfly	2 August
Silver	Kaylene Corbett	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	3 August
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 100 metre freestyle	3 August
Silver	Yolandi Stander	Athletics	Women's discus throw	5 August
Silver	Kaylene Corbett	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	5 August
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 100 metre butterfly	5 August
Silver	Nadia Gaspari Chloe Cresswell	Rowing	Lightweight women's double scullss	6 August
Silver	Duné Coetzee	Swimming	Women's 800 metre freestyle	6 August
Silver	Erin Gallagher	Swimming	Women's 50 metre freestyle	7August
Bronze	Charne Swart	Athletics	Women's 800 metres	3 August
Bronze	Jana van Schalkwyk	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	3 August
Bronze	Banele Shabangu	Athletics	Women's 200 metres	4 August
Bronze	Courtney Westley	Rowing	Women's single sculls	6 August
Bronze	Antoinette van der Merwe Banele Shabangu Joviale Mbisha Tamzin Thomas	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	6 August
Bronze	Thembo Monareng Tsebo Matsoso Eckhart Potgieter Shaun Maswanganyi	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay	6 August
Bronze	Nhlanhla Maseko Tjaart van der Walt Wernich van Rensburg Lindukuhle Gora	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	6 August

External links

• Official website