GELANT Elroy

Olympic Games

Year	Location	5000m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	13th (13:17.47)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	5000m
2013	Moscow, RUS	12th (13:43.58)
2011	Daegu, KOR	Heats (13:48.33)

African Championships

Year	Location	5000m	10,000m
2018	Asaba, NGR	15th (14:20.37)	9th (30:23.35)

World Cross Country Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
9	Team Cross Country Long Distance	2017	Kampala, UGA	162
43	Individual Cross Country Long Distance	2017	Kampala, UGA	30:45

World Half Marathon Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
6	Half Marathon Team	2018	Valencia, ESP	3:07:16
41	Half Marathon	2018	Valencia, ESP	1:02:52

Gold Label Road Races

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
4	Marathon	2019	Cape Town, RSA	2:10:31
5	Marathon	2017	Cape Town, RSA	2:12:50

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Roy (back-track.co.za, 22 May 2016)

Athlete, Human Resources

Human Resources, Labour Studies - North-West University, Potchefstroom, RSA

Partner Tamzin Thomas

Afrikaans, English

Boxer Athletics Club [South Africa]

Jean Verster [personal], RSA

His partner Tamzin Thomas won silver in the women's 4x100m relay representing South Africa at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco. (SportsDeskOnline, 25 Jun 2020; Instagram profile, 18 Mar 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (potchefstroomherald.co.za, 20 Sep 2019)

South African long-distance runner Donovan Wright. (back-track.co.za, 22 May 2016; athleticsclipboard.co.za, 10 Jun 2016)

"A marathon is like a game of chess. You have to make your moves at the right time and you must watch other people's moves. It is about perseverance and your will to win." (nwu.ac.za, 01 Jul 2019)