South African athlete Miné de Klerk has been named as one of the finalists for the Female Rising Star of The Year category at the 2022 World Athletics Awards.
South Africa (07 November 2022) – Athletics star Miné de Klerk is a rising star in our eyes and now World Athletics thinks so too! She has been named as one of the finalists for the Female Rising Star of the Year award.
de Klerk is currently the World U20 shot put champion, holds a bronze medal for the World U20 discus throw
and gave seven of the world’s top 10 U20 shot put performances.
Athletics South Africa shared the happy news of her being named as a finalist. South Africans shared all their congratulatory messages as well as their wishes for the win.
“World Athletics is delighted to announce the five nominees for the 2022 Women’s Rising Star Award, which will recognise this year’s best U20 athlete at the World Athletics Awards 2022.
The nominations reflect the many standout performances that the sport has witnessed this year, at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 and other events around the world.
The winner of the 2022 Women’s Rising Star Award will be selected by an international panel of experts and be announced on World Athletics’ social media platforms in early December.”
de Klerk was named alongside Jackline Chepkoech (KEN), Faith Cherotich (KEN), Kerrica Hill (JAM) and Adriana Vilagos (SRB).
The announcement will be made in early December so stay tuned; we will definitely share if she wins it! Huge congrats on being named a finalist Miné.
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