South Africa at the 2015 All-Africa Games |
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IOC code | RSA | ||||||||
NOC | South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee | ||||||||
Website | http://www.sascoc.co.za | ||||||||
in Brazzaville | |||||||||
Competitors | 150 in 15 sports | ||||||||
Flag bearer | Chad le Clos | ||||||||
Medals Ranked 3rd |
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All-Africa Games appearances (overview) | |||||||||
A team of more than 150 athletes will fly the flag for South Africa at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo in September. South African athletes will compete in a total of 15 different sports against their continental counterparts at the Games which run from 4–19 September while there is also representation by para-athletes in the power-lifting and athletics codes.
South African athletes are to participate in: athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, judo, karate, swimming, table tennis, volleyball (beach), wrestling.
In the swimming code Olympic gold medallist Chad le Clos will be joined by fellow gold medallist Cameron van der Burgh who won two silver medals at the recent FINA world championships in Russia.
Chief Physiotherapist – Sandhya Silal, Fikile Phasha, Greshne Van Wyk, Sarah Jane Fergusen, Danielle Munezero, Ashleigh Hansen, Venter, Given Baloyi, Avirlash Lukhan, Siyabonga Kunene, Sergant Motha and Hugh Everson, Ugendrie Govender