Brian Raats

Brian Raats is a South African track and field athlete. In 2024, he became national champion in the high jump.

Biography

In 2022, aged 18 years-old, Raats jumped a personal best in the high jump of 2.26 metres in Potchefstroom. He finished second in the high jump at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. In 2022, he was nominated for South African Junior Athlete of the Year.
In March 2023, he won the South African U20 high jump title with a jump of 2.20 metres. He then won the gold medal at the African U20 Championships in Ndola, Zambia in 2023 with a jump of 2.15 metres.
In April 2024, he became the senior national high jump champion at the South African Athletics Championships in Pietermaritzburg.
He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he qualified for the final, finishing in twelfth place overall.
In September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.