South Africa at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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South Africa was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a ???-member strong contingent comprising ??? sportspeople and ?? officials.
Medals
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| South Africa |
12 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
Gold
- Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay: Lyndon Ferns, Ryk Neethling, Roland Schoeman and Gerhard Zandberg sets up a Games record of 3:14.97, beating Australia (silver) and Canada (bronze).
- Women's 50 m EAD Freestyle: Natalie du Toit bettered the existing record twice (during Heat 2 and Final A) to 29.27 seconds.
- Men's 50 m Butterfly: Roland Schoeman
- Women's 100 m EAD Freestyle: Natalie du Toit
- Women's Javelin: Sunette Viljoen
- Men's Shot put: Janus Robberts
- Men's 50 m Freestyle: Roland Schoeman
- Women's Discus: Elizna Naude
- Women's Trap: Diane Swanton
- Men's 400 m Hurdles: Louis van Zyl
- Women's High Jump: Anika Smith
- Welterweight 69 kg: Bongani Mwelase
Silver
- Men's 200 m Backstroke: Johannes du Rand
- Men's 100 m Freestyle: Ryk Neethling
- Women's 100 m: Geraldine Pillay
- Men's 100 m EAD: Hilton Langenhoven
- Men's 400 m Hurdles: Alwyn Myburgh
- Men's 200 m EAD: David Roos
- Women's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions: Esmari van Reenen
- Men's Double Trap: Byron Swanton
- Men's Triple Jump: Khotso Mokoena
- Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Flyweight 51 kg: Jackson van Tonder Chauke
- Men's 160-180 km Road Race: David Harold George
Bronze
- Men's 50 m Backstroke: Gerhard Zandberg
- Women's 50 m Butterfly: Lize-Mari Retief ties with Alice Mills of Australia
- Women's 200 m Breaststroke: Suzaan van Biljon
- Men's 25 m Standard Pistol Pairs: Allan Stuart McDonald and Daniel Francois van Tonder obtain a total of 1106, just behind Australia's 1112 and India's 1139.
- Men's 100 m Freestyle: Roland Schoeman
- Men's Lawn Bowls Triples: South Africa
- Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol Pairs: Allan Stuart McDonald and Daniel Francois van Tonder obtain a total of 1135, just behind England's 1138 and India's 1150.
- Men's 1500 m Freestyle: Hercules Prinsloo
- Women's Floor: Francki van Rooyen
- Women's 75 kg Weightlifting: Babalwa Ndleleni, becoming the first black woman to win a medal for the country at the Games.
- Women's 200 m: Geraldine Pillay
- Men's Hammer Throw: Christiaan Harmse
- Women's Lawn Bowls Singles: Lorna Trigwell
South Africa's Team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Athletics
Men's Competition
- Sherwin Vries (100 m, 4 × 100 m)
- Leigh Julius (200 m, 4 × 100 m)
- Snyman Prinsloo (200 m, 4 × 100 m)
- Paul Gorries (400 m, 4 × 400 m)
- Jan van der Merwe (400 m, 4 × 400 m)
- Ofentse Mogawane (400 m, 4 × 400 m)
- Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (800 m)
- Tshamano Setone (5000 m)
- Boy Soke (5000 m)
- Ruben Ramolefi (3000 m steeplechase)
- Emmanuel Mkhabela (3000 m steeplechase
- Shaun Bownes (110 m hurdles)
- Ruan de Vries (110 m hurdles)
- Hennie Kotze (110 m hurdles)
- LJ van Zyl (4 × 400 m, 400 m hurdles)
- Pieter de Villiers (4 × 400 m, 400 m hurdles)
- Alwyn Myburgh (400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 m)
- Tseko Mpolokeng (marathon)
- Neo Molema (marathon)
- Okkert Brits (pole vault)
- Khotso Mokoena (long jump, triple jump)
- Martin McClintock (long jump)
- Yaw Fosu Amoah (long jump)
- Hardus Pienaar (javelin)
- Robert Oosthuizen (javelin)
- Lohan Rautenbach (javelin)
- Chris Harmse (hammer throw)
- Hannes Hopley (discus)
- Janus Robberts (shot put)
- Ramsay Carelse (high jump)
- Lee Roy Newton (4 × 100 m)
- Ruben Majola (4 × 400 m)
- Hilton Langenhoven (T12 100 m)
- Joseph van Nel (T12 100 m)
- David Roos (T46 200 m)
Women's Competition
- Geraldine Pillay (100 m, 200 m)
- Adri Schoeman (400 m, 4 × 400 m)
- Estie Wittstock (400 m, 4 × 400 m)
- Surita Febbraio (400 m hurdles, 4 × 400 m)
- Lebogang Phalula (800 m, 1500 m)
- Lebo Phalula (800 m, 1500 m)
- Marlene Breytenbach (1500 m)
- Nolene Conrad (3000 m steeplecchase)
- Tebogo Masehla (3000 m steeplechase)
- Nicolene Cronje (20 km walk)
- Suzanne Erasmus (20 km walk)
- Tanith Maxwell (marathon)
- Charne Rademeyer (marathon)
- Elizna Naudé (discus)
- Anika Smit (high jump)
- Marli Knoetze (shot put)
- Simone du Toit (shot put)
- Sunette Viljoen (javelin)
- Samantha Dodd (pole vault)
- Janice Josephs (heptathlon)
- Tsholofelo Selemela (4 × 400 m)
- Amanda Kotze (4 × 400 m)
- Dominique Vogel (T38 100 m)
- Thuliswa Mlinganiso (T38 100 m)
Basketball
Men's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- Quintin Denyssen
- Vusi Dlamini
- Pat Engelbrecht
- Thabang Kgwedi
- Emmanuel Madondo
- Nakedi Maputla
- Brendan Mettler
- Kenneth Motaung
- Neo Mothiba
- Sipho Ngcobo
- Nyakallo Nthuping
- Chris Treurnicht
Cycling
- Mountain Bike
- Justice Makhale
- Burry Stander
- Road/Time Trial
- Ryan Cox
- David George
- Jock Green
- Robert Hunter
- Jeremy Maartens
- Rupert Rheeder
- Track
- Durwan Benjamin
- Garth Thomas
Gymnastics
- Maureen van Rooyen
- Christian Brezeanu
- Steven Friedman
- Troy Sender
- Gerhard Swiegers
- Candice Cronje
- Chanel Moonsammy
- Francki van Rooyen
- Rinette Whelpton
- Shalene Arnold
- Odette Richard
- Stephanie Sandler
- Mirriam letsele
Field Hockey
Men's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- Chris Hibbert
- Franci du Plessis
- Ken Forbes
- Kyle Rhodes
- Darryn Gallagher
- Bruce Jacobs
- John Paul
- Wayne Madsen
- Lungile Tsolekile
- Jody Paul
- Clyde Abrahams
- Ian Symons
- Leroy Phillips
- Charles Rose-Innes
- Reece Basson
- Justin Reid-Ross
- Head Coach: Paul Revington
Women's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- Caroline Jack
- Mariette Rix
- Kate Hector
- Nita Van Jaarsveldt
- Tarryn Hosking
- Lenise Marals
- Lesle-Ann George
- Marsha Marescia
- Tarryn Bright
- Kathleen Taylor
- Sharne Wehmeyer
- Lindsey Carlisle
- Henna du Buisson
- Fiona Butler
- Liesel Dorothy
- Jenny Wilson
- Head Coach: Jenny King
Lawn Bowls
Men's Competition
- Team Roster
- Shaun Addinall
- Gerry Baker
- Neil Burkett
- Kevin Campbell
- Eric Johannes
- Gidion Vermuelen
Women's Competition
- Team Roster
- Rika Lynn
- Susan Nel
- Trish Steyn
- Lorna Trigwell
- Loraine Victor
- Colleen Webb
Netball
- Sindisiwe Gumede
- Nontle Gwavu
- Lizanne Helmand
- Adele Niemand
- Simnikiwe Malusi
- Christine Markgraaf
- Zanele Mdodana
- Nthabiseng Moabi
- Martha Mosoahle
- Charlene Hertzog
- Karin Venter
- Leigh-Ann Zackey
Rugby Sevens
Men's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- Schalk van der Merwe (Golden Lions)
- Ryan Kankowski (Natal Sharks)
- Tobela Mdaka (Griffons)
- Jonathan Mokuena (Leopards)
- Zolani Mofu (Border)
- Stefan Basson (Vodacom Blue Bulls)
- Phillip Burger (Vodacom Cheetahs)
- Mzwandile Stick (Natal Sharks)
- Gio Aplon (Vodacom Western Province)
- Jaco Pretorius (Falcons)
- Antonius Verhoeven (Boland)
- Fabian Juries (Eastern Province)
Shooting
- Neels Bornman
- Etienne Cilliers
- Georgios Eleftheriou
- Byron Swanton
- Diane Swanton
- Nicolaas Swart
- Johan du Toit
- Robert Hayter
- Mohyedien Begg
- Allan McDonald
- Daniel van Tonder
- Martin Senore
- Esmari van Reenen
- Gavin van Rhyn
- Marli Vlok
Squash
- Diana Argyle
- Rodney Durbach
- Adrian Hansen
- Clinton Leeuw
- Tenille Swartz
- Craig van der Wath
Table Tennis
- Luke Abrahams
- Theo Cogill
- Shireen Lyners
- Sameera Maal
- Alet Moll (EAD)
- Shane Overmeyer
- Rosabelle Riese
Triathlon
- Hendrik de Villiers
- Mari Rabie
- Kate Roberts
- Brad Storm
Weightlifting
- Alphonso Adonis
- Darryn Anthony
- Ricardo Fitzpatrick (EAD)
- Greg Gerts
- Babalwa Ndeleni
- Evgeni Popov (EAD)
- Mona Pretorius
- Portia Vries
External links
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