South Africa at the 2025 World Games

South Africa at the
2025 World Games
IOC codeRSA
NOCSouth African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors26 (13 men and 13 women) in 9 sports and 27 events
Medals
Ranked 57th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
0
Total
3
World Games appearances

South Africa competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.[1]

Athletes representing South Africa won three silver medals and the country finished in 57th place in the medal table

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Hamish Lovemore Canoe marathon Men's K1 short distance 9 August
 Silver Hamish Lovemore Canoe marathon Men's K1 long distance 10 August
 Silver Jason Theron Billiard sports Mixed heyball pool 14 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 2 1 3
Billards 1 1 2
Canoe marathon 2 2 4
Kickboxing 3 3 6
Muaythai 1 0 1
Orienteering 0 2 2
Powerlifting 1 1 2
Sport climbing 2 2 2
Squash 1 1 2
Total 13 13 26

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2025 World Games
Classic
Athlete Event Exercises Total weight Total points Rank
Squat Bench
press 		Deadlift
Megan Faul Women's Super heavyweight 205.0 122.5 217.5 545.0 100.98 7
Equipped
Athlete Event Exercises Total weight Total points Rank
Squat Bench
press 		Deadlift
Haroun Pietersen Men's heavyweight 325.0 205.0 285.0 815.0 83.46 8

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2025 World Games
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Men's singles
Women's singles

References

  1. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by sport, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  2. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by country, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
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