In 2021 the Steyn de Lange received the Junior World Championships Bronze medal within the at 92kg class. Which made him the second South African wrestler to ever win a medal on the Junior Wrestling Championships. Pieter-Hendrik van der Schyf received a bronze medal in 2006.
FILE: Steyn De Lange celebrating his bronze medal on the World Junior Wrestling Championships in Ufa, Russia. Image: Equipped
JOHANNESBURG – Wrestler Steyn de Lange is South Africa’s solely participant on this yr’s World Senior Wrestling Championships, that are being held from 16 till 24 September in Belgrade, Serbia.
De Lange, who competes within the freestyle underneath 97kg part, is in motion on Monday towards Russia’s Olympic gold medallist, Abdulrashid Sadulaev.
In 2021, De Lange received the Junior World Championships bronze medal within the 92kg class. This made him the second South African wrestler to medal on the Junior Wrestling Championships. Pieter-Hendrik van der Schyf received a bronze medal in 2006.
Within the 2022 Commonwealth Video games, De Lange scooped a silver medal within the 97kg class.
He is a two-time gold medalist on the 2019 and 2020 African Junior Championships at 86kg.
READ: SA wrestler Steyn de Lange wins bronze at World Junior Championships
SILVER🥈🇿🇦💪 #TeamSA
Steyn de Lange bought a SILVER medal within the 97kg Freestyle ultimate. #TeamSA medals tally on the up⤴️.
Nice job, champ💪💪🇿🇦🇿🇦#B2022 #B2022Wrestling pic.twitter.com/7Es5lpMOzp
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On the 2023 World Senior Wrestling Championships, world titles will likely be up for grabs in all three wrestling divisions: males’s freestyle, girls’s wrestling, and Greco-Roman.
With 90 Olympic Video games Paris 2024 quotas on supply on the occasion, De Lange will likely be hoping to seize his ticket to Paris 2024 on the World Championships.
