# Zenéy Geldenhuys

Zenéy Geldenhuys (née van der Walt; born 22 May 2000) is a South African athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2022 African Champion, and in the 400 metres. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2022 African Champion with the South African women's team.
She also won gold medals at the 2017 World U18 Championships and the 2018 World U20 Championships. In 2019, she won a silver medal at the Universiade.

## Early life and background

Zenéy van der Walt was born on 22 May 2000 in Pretoria, South Africa.
She started practising athletics around the age of six.
As of 2022, she was studying education at the University of Pretoria.

## Personal bests

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

### Individual events

Personal best times for individual events :
| Type | Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
| Outdoor | 200 metres | 23.84 | Celle Ligure, Italy | 19 July 2023 | (Wind: +0.5 m/s) |
| Outdoor | 300 metres | 36.62 | Pretoria, South Africa | 18 February 2023 | |
| Outdoor | 400 metres | 50.81 | Pretoria, South Africa | 12 April 2023 | |
| Outdoor | 100 metres hurdles | 14.05 | Pretoria, South Africa | 4 March 2023 | (Wind: +0.7 m/s) |
| Outdoor | 400 metres hurdles | 54.47 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 6 August 2022 | |

#### Season's bests

Season's best times for individual events :
| Year | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles |
| 2015 | — | 55.67 | — |
| 2016 | — | 55.10 | 59.31 |
| 2017 | 24.95 | 55.34 | 57.94 |
| 2018 | 24.55 | — | 55.05 |
| 2019 | 25.27 | 52.89 | 55.73 |
| 2020 | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 23.93 | 52.94 | 55.89 |
| 2022 | 24.03 | 51.90 | 54.47 |
| 2023 | 23.84 | 50.82 | 54.82 |
| 2024 | 23.34 | 51.71 | 54.72 |
Key: Lifetime best (in bold)

### Team events

Personal best times for team events :
| Type | Event | Time | Venue | Date | Notes |
| Outdoor | 4 x 400 metres relay women | 3:29.34 | Saint Pierre, Mauritius | 12 June 2022 | Teamed with Miranda Coetzee, Taylon Bieldt, and Precious Molepo. |

## International competitions

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Representing  South Africa :
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
| 2017 | World U18 Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 58.23 |
| 2018 | World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 55.34 |
| 2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 55.73 |
| 2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.97 |
| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 57.67 |
| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:41.17 |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 31st (h) | 400 m hurdles | 57.11 |
| 2022 | African Championships | Port Louis, Mauritius | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 56.00 |
| 2022 | African Championships | Port Louis, Mauritius | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.34 |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 16th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 54.81 |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:46.68 |
| 2022 | Commonwealth Games | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 54.47 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 21st (sf) | 400 m | 51.54 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 21st (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.49 |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 9th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 53.90 |