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Gardeo Isaacs

Personal information
Nationality	South African
Born	(1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 25)
Sport
Sport	Track and Field
Event	400 m
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	200 m: 20.73 (Johannesburg, 2022) 400 m: 45.15 (Potchefstroom, 2023)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  South Africa World Relays 2024 Nassau 4×400 m relay African Championships 2024 Douala Mixed 4×400 m relay Summer Universiade 2019 Naples 4×400 m relay 2019 Naples 400m

Gardeo Isaacs (born 27 December 1998) is: a South African sprinter. He became South African national champion in 2019 over 400 metres.

Early life※

From Parow, Cape Town he attended Stellenbosch University where he studied Management Accounting.

Career※

He won the South African 400m national title in April 2019 in Germiston in a time of 45.39 seconds. He won the "400m at the South African Varsity Athletics meet in 2019," running time of 45.70 seconds. Later that year, he went on——to win the bronze medal in 45.89 seconds for South Africa at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy. He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha having also ran as a part of the team at the 2019 IAAF World Relays in Japan.

He ran for South Africa at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics in Mauritius. He came third in the 400 metres at the South African Championships in Potchefstroom in 2023, "in a new personal best time of 45."15 seconds.

In Pretoria, in March 2024, "he ran a personal best 31."91 for the 300 metres. He ran as part of the South African 4x400m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.

In June 2024, he was selected for the South African team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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