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Rushwahl Samaai (also ''Rushwal'' or ''Ruswahl'';〔( Profile: Ruswahl Samaai ). Varsity Sports. Retrieved on 2014-08-02.〕 born 25 September 1991)〔(Rushwahl Samaai ). Glasgow2014. Retrieved on 2014-08-02.〕 is a South African track and field athlete who competes in the long jump. He was the bronze medallist in the event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Samaai grew up in a poor neighbourhood of Paarl, living in a shack with his mother. He was driven to compete in athletics and would regularly walk nearly ten kilometres to the local running track to train.〔( Samaai set to soar higher ). Varsity Sports (2014-04-09). Retrieved on 2014-08-02.〕 He attended Paarl Gimnasium and went on to study transport management at the University of Johannesburg.〔 He made his first impact on the national scene as a 19-year-old at the 2011 South African Championships. He placed third, behind Godfrey Khotso Mokoena and Luvo Manyonga, and set a personal best of .〔(Mokoena leads the way, Pistorius falls short ). Supersport (2011-04-09). Retrieved on 2014-08-02.〕 He improved in 2012 winning the national under-23 championships in a best of before repeating his third place at the senior championships. He was runner-up at the University Championships and also came fourth in the triple jump with a mark of . He repeated as universities runner-up in 2013 and added two further centimetres to his best. Samaai began 2014 with an early world-leading performance of – a new personal best and his first leap over eight metres. He cleared in March, placing second to Irving Saladino in the world rankings.〔( Long Jump - men - senior - outdoor - 2014 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-02.〕 At the South African Championships he came in second place behind Zarck Visser with a near-eight-metre jump.〔de Villiers, Ockert (2014-04-11). (Jumper Visser shows superb form ). IOL Sport. Retrieved on 2014-08-02.〕 Samaai began competing on the international track and field circuit that year. He had his first podium finish on the Diamond League circuit shortly after, placing third at the Adidas Grand Prix. After that, he was second at the Folksam Grand Prix in Sweden and won at the Meeting Sport Solidarieta in Italy.〔 Samaai was selected to represent South Africa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and on his international debut he cleared in the long jump final to earn the bronze medal.〔〔Broadbent, Chris (2014-07-30). (James, Adams and Rutherford add Commonwealth gold to Olympic titles ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-02.〕 ==Personal bests== *Long jump – (2015) *Triple jump – (2014) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rushwahl Samaai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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