SITU Ntombizanele

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	Women's Javelin Throw F54-55	2004	Athens, GRE	14.75
1	Women's Javelin Throw F52/54	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	14.78
2	Women's Discus Throw F51-54	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	12.54
3	Javelin Throw - F54	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	17.90
4	Women's Javelin Throw F54/55/56	2012	London, GBR	16.22
4	Women's Shot Put F52-54	2000	Sydney, NSW, AUS	4.78
6	Women's Shot Put F54/55	2004	Athens, GRE	5.37
7	Women's Javelin Throw F54/55/56	2008	Beijing, CHN	14.82
7	Women's Discus Throw F54/55	2004	Athens, GRE	13.41
9	Women's Discus Throw F54/55/56	2008	Beijing, CHN	13.83
10	Discus Throw - F55	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	14.96
12	Women's Shot Put F54-56	2008	Beijing, CHN	5.07
World Championships
1	Women's Javelin Throw F54/55/56	2002	Lille, FRA	14.44
1	Javelin Throw - F54	1998	Birmingham, GBR	14.45
3	Javelin Throw - F54	2017	London, GBR	17.02
3	Javelin Throw - F54	2015	Doha, QAT	16.36
3	Women's Javelin Throw F54/55/56	2013	Lyon, FRA	17.16
3	Women's Javelin Throw F54/55/56	2011	Christchurch, NZL	15.25
3	Women's Discus Throw F54	1998	Birmingham, GBR	11.56
4	Women's Discus Throw F54/55/56	2002	Lille, FRA	13.43
6	Shot Put - F54	2017	London, GBR	5.45
6	Women's Discus Throw F54/55/56	2013	Lyon, FRA	14.50
7	Javelin Throw - F54	2019	Dubai, UAE	14.90
11	Shot Put - F54	2013	Lyon, FRA	5.32
DNS	Discus Throw - F55	2015	Doha, QAT	DNS

Zanele (sun.ac.za, 14 Feb 2016; Facebook profile, 21 Jun 2020)

Athlete

Child Azamazi

Sotho, Xhosa, Zulu, English

Maties ParaSport Club [Stellenbosch, RSA]

1996 for South Africa, World Championships in Great Britain (Athlete, 22 Oct 2015)

In early 2019 she sustained a shoulder injury. (Monster Javelin Coaching Facebook page, 01 Jul 2019)

She suffered a shoulder injury in 2010, but it did not affect her performance at any of her competitions. (Athlete, 26 Jan 2011)

She took up athletics in 1985 while she was at school in Umtata, South Africa. She came from a rural village called Transkei and effectively coached herself. She turned professional in 1988. (zar.co.za, 18 Nov 2010; nedbank.co.za, 01 Feb 2004)

One of her teachers encouraged her to take up javelin. "I did athletics at school and enjoyed it. It also stops me just sitting down and doing nothing." (Monster Javelin Coaching Facebook page, 01 Jul 2019; zar.co.za, 18 Nov 2010)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (uct.ac.za, 08 Aug 2019; Team South Africa Instagram profile, 12 Sep 2020)

"My normal training is one hour outdoors and one hour in the gym. That's all. I do this five times a week." (Monster Javelin Coaching Facebook page, 01 Jul 2019)

South African Para athlete Fanie Lombaard, South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya. (sport.iafrica.com, 05 Sep 2012; Athlete, 26 Jan 2011)

"Keep going, follow your dreams and never give up." (sport.iafrica.com, 05 Sep 2012)

In 2019 she received the Chief Director Merit Award at the Maties Sport Awards in Stellenbosch, South Africa. (Monster Javelin Coaching Facebook page, 18 Oct 2019)

She was flag bearer for South Africa at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (myinfo.rio2016.com, 06 Sep 2016)

She was presented with the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. (whoswhosa.co.za, 18 Nov 2010)

She received the National Order of Ikhamanga Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2003. (zar.co.za, 18 Nov 2010)