Rogail Joseph

South African athlete (born 2000)

Rogail Joseph

Rogail Joseph 23rd African Athletics Senior Championships 2024

Personal information

Nationality

South African

Born

(2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 24)
Worcester, South Africa

Height

1.72/5 ft 8 in

Sport

Athletics

Event

Hurdler

Achievements and titles

Personal best

400m hurdles: 54.12 (2024 Summer Olympics)

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing South Africa
African Championships
	2024 Douala	400 m hurdles
African Games
	2023 Accra	400 m hurdles
African U20 Championships
	2019 Abidjan	100 m hurdles
	2019 Abidjan	400 m hurdles

Rogail Joseph (born 22 April 2000) is a South African track and field athlete who competes over 400m hurdles.^[1]

Early life

Joseph 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

She 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]

Personal bests

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.^[1]

Individual events

Personal best times for individual events
Type	Event	Time	Venue	Date
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

^ ^a ^b "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.