L. J. van Zyl
Achievements

L. J. van Zyl

Section Title: Achievements
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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes

Representing South Africa

2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	3rd	Medley relay	1:51.35

2002	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	1st	400m hurdles	48.89 (CR)

6th (h)	4×400m relay	3:07.65

2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	4th	400 m h	49.06

3rd	4×400 m relay	3:04.50 (AJR)

2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	400 m h	48.54

13th (h)	4×400 m relay	3:04.64

World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd	400 m h	48.11

2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	1st	400 m h	48.05 (CR)

2nd	4×400 m relay	3:01.84

African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	400 m h	49.43

World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	400 m h	48.08

World Cup	Athens, Greece	2nd	400 m h	48.35

2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	400 m h	48.74

–	4×400 m relay	DNF

World Championships	Osaka, Japan	23rd (h)	400 m h	49.71

2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	400 m h	48.91

1st	4×400 m relay	3:03.58

Olympic Games	Beijing, China	5th	400 m h	48.32

9th (h)	4×400 m relay	3:01.26

2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	9th (sf)	400 m h	48.80

14th (h)	4×100 m relay	39.71

2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	400 m h	48.51

Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	2nd	400 m h	48.63

Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	5th	400 m h	49.97

2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	400 m h	48.80

2nd	4×400 m relay	2:59.87

2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	8th	400 m h	DNF

Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	34th (h)	400 m h	50.31

8th	4×400 m relay	3:03.46

2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	25th (h)	400 m h	50.05

2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	9th (h)	400 m h	50.07

African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	4th	400 m h	49.79

2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	15th (sf)	400 m h	48.89

2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	4th	400 m h	49.46

3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:04.73

Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12th (sf)	400 m h	49.00

2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Australia	17th (h)	400 m h	50.98

Sentence(s)

With a run of 48.08 seconds at the 2006 World Athletics Final, L. J. van Zyl finished as runner-up and secured another silver medal at the 2006 World Cup.

final_sentence: With a run of 48.08 seconds at the 2006 World Athletics Final, L. J. van Zyl finished as runner-up and secured another silver medal at the 2006 World Cup.