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Lindsay Hanekom

South African hurdler

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ26336635 ↗
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Lindsay Hanekom (born 15 May 1993) is a South African athlete competing in the 400 metres hurdles. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without advancing from the first round.

His personal best in the event is 48.81 seconds set in Germiston in 2019 at the SA Athletics Championships.

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The public source identifies “Lindsay Hanekom” as south African hurdler. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lindsay, Hanekom and South.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2016, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-05-15. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lindsay, Hanekom and South providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Lindsay Hanekom” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.