Mammule Rankoe

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Mammule Rankoe
Personal information
Born (1999-08-22) 22 August 1999 (age 26)
South Africa
Gymnastics career
SportWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 South Africa
GymJohannesburg Gymnastics Centre
Retired2022
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  South Africa
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo Team

Mammule Rankoe (born 22 August 1999) is a South African former artistic gymnast. She represented her country at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, the 2019 World Championships, and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Gymnastics career

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Rankoe began gymnastics when she was eight years old.[1]

Junior

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Rankoe won a silver medal with the South African team at the 2012 African Championships, and she placed fifth in the balance beam final.[2] At the 2013 Serbia Memorial Cup, she won the all-around silver medal and won a gold medal on the uneven bars.[3] She won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2014 African Junior Championships behind Egypt's Nada Ayman Ibrahim,[4] and she helped South Africa win the team silver medal behind Egypt.[5] She was then selected to represent South Africa at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[6][7] There, she finished 33rd in the all-around during the qualification round and did not advance into any finals.[8]

Senior

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Rankoe became age-eligible for senior international competitions in 2015. She placed fifth in the all-around at the 2015 South African Championships.[9] She missed the rest of the 2015 season due to a shoulder cyst.[1] She returned to competition at the 2016 South African Championships and won bronze medals on the balance beam and floor exercise.[10] She competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam at the 2017 Koper World Challenge Cup but did not advance into the finals.[11]

Rankoe won the all-around silver medal at the 2019 South African Championships behind Naveen Daries.[12] She then competed at the 2019 Guimaraes World Challenge Cup and finished seventh in the uneven bars final.[13] She was selected to compete at the 2019 World Championships, and she placed 133rd in the all-around during the qualification round.[14]

Rankoe placed fifth in the all-around at the 2021 African Championships and did not win an Olympic berth.[15] She finished fifth in the balance beam final at the 2022 African Championships and won a silver medal with the South African team.[16] She was then selected to represent South Africa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and helped the team place fourth. She announced her retirement after the Commonwealth Games.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rankoe Mammule - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  2. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (16 April 2012). "2012 African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Mammule Rankoe is SA's golden girl in Serbia". Team South Africa. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  4. ^ "12th African Championships Junior WAG AA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ^ "12th African Championships Junior WAG Team" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  6. ^ Turner, Amanda (23 July 2014). "Roster Released For Youth Olympic Games". International Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Three Junior Gymnasts Selected for Youth Olympic Games". Gymnastics South Africa. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). Nanjing 2014. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  9. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (6 June 2015). "2015 South African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  10. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (2 July 2016). "2016 South African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Results for FIG World Challenge Cup 2017 Koper (SLO)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  12. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (18 August 2019). "2019 South African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Results for FIG World Challenge Cup Guimaraes (POR)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  14. ^ "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Women's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  15. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (27 May 2021). "Ibrahim and Daries Earn Continental Berths to Tokyo at African Championships". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  16. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (14 July 2022). "2022 African Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  17. ^ Gunston, Jo (31 July 2022). "Caitlin Rooskrantz on an emotional Birmingham 2022 for South Africa's gymnasts". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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