Elizna Naudé

Elizna Naudé (born 14 September 1978) is a South African discus thrower.

Elizna Naudé

Personal information
Born	(1978-09-14) 14 September 1978 (age 46) Vereeniging, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country	South Africa
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus throw
Club	TuksSport, Pretoria
Medal record Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Discus Throw All-Africa Games 2003 Abuja Discus throw 2007 Algiers Discus throw 2011 Maputo Discus throw 1999 Johannesburg Discus throw African Championships 1998 Dakar Discus throw 2004 Brazzaville Discus throw 2006 Bambous Discus throw 2008 Addis Ababa Discus throw 2010 Nairobi Discus throw 2012 Benin Discus throw 2002 Rades Discus throw

Her personal best throw is 64.87 metres, achieved in March 2007 in Stellenbosch. She is a teacher at Vaalpark Primary School, Sasolburg, South Africa.

She is an alumna of the University of Pretoria.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  South Africa
1997	African Junior Championships	Ibadan, Nigeria	1st	46.16 m
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	50.28 m
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	7th	51.39 m[1]
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	14th (q)	55.15 m
	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	3rd	53.26 m
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	5th	56.46 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	6th	55.41 m
	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	3rd	51.89 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	5th	56.40 m
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	57.44 m (CR)
	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	4th	56.93 m
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	57.50 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	20th (q)	58.74 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th (q)	58.93 m
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	1st	61.55 m
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	55.42 m
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	8th	56.11 m
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	58.40 m (CR)
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	55.34 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	20th (q)	58.75 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	16th (q)	59.67 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	56.74 m
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	7th	57.61 m
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	2nd	53.63 m
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	2nd	55.88 m
2014	African Championships	Marrakech, Morocco	6th	44.44 m