Six Paralympic Games Medals in Paris for South Africa
South Africa produced a superb performance at the Paris Paralympics, bringing home six medals, two Paralympic records, two World records and numerous African records and personal best performances from the Games that took place from 28 August to 8 September in France. Medal winners for South Africa: Paralympic gold and bronze medalist, Mpumelelo Mhlongo also
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Toyota ambassador, Paralympian Tyrone Pillay retires from athletics
In the lead up to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (August 28 to September 8), Paralympic bronze medallist Tyrone Pillay announced his retirement from competitive athletics after he did not make the team selected to compete in France due to a limited number of spots. The former KwaZulu-Natal based athlete, who now lives in Belgium
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JK associated athletes at Para Athletics World Championships
It is an Olympic year! This means another chance to celebrate sport as an important factor in creating better understanding and inclusive change, while cheering for our South African role models. An important stop, on the road to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, is the Kobe Para Athletics World Championships to be held from 17
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Moving with Komatsu Foundation Trust
Amongst other commonalities in its vision, the Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund (Jumping Kids) and the Komatsu Foundation Trust (Komatsu) share a goal of promoting access to mobility solutions and quality education for children in need of intervention. As far back as 2017, when this ‘leader in the supply of Japanese-engineered mining, construction, earthmoving, and utility
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Jumping Kids launches Mobility Games event in collaboration with SEMLI
On August 31st 2023, the Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund (Jumping Kids) hosted its inaugural Mobility Games event in collaboration with SEMLI (The Sport, Exercise Medicine & Lifestyle Institute) at the University of Pretoria High Performance Centre. The aim of the event was to showcase the scope of the Jumping Kids initiative; a registered non-profit organisation
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Teen blade-athlete shines at National Para athletics Championships
Johannesburg, 06 May 2021 – This year’s edition of the Toyota South Africa SASAPD National Track and Field Championships, that took place at the Westbourne Oval in Gqeberha, re-ignited our ‘Passion for Paralympics’ on home-soil. The event produced three World records, eight African records, and numerous South African records while hosting some of the best
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Paralympian celebrates world record by giving back
Port Elizabeth, Friday 23 April 2021 – South African Paralympian, Ntando Mahlangu, celebrated his result from last weekend’s Athletics South Africa (ASA) Senior Track and Field Championships by paying it forward to the next generation. Mahlangu, who is in action at this weekend’s Toyota SASAPD National Track and Field (24-26 April 2021) Championships at the Westbourne
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Adapting to new normal in 2020
In 2020 we all had to adapt. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, with its subsequent lockdown restrictions, brought things to a sudden halt for all of us last year. At Jumping Kids, we were chasing big goals. Then everything changed. When you live with a disability, you are used to change. Chances are that you have
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Solution for Samkelo
Thanks to a donation from Avis South Africa, Jumping Kids celebrates this year’s Mandela Day by fitting Samkelo Molopo from Middelburg with his new below-knee prosthetic solution. The event, hosted by Icexpress Progressive Prosthetics at The Innovation Hub in Pretoria, provides a glimpse of the prosthetic technology and how it is applied, along with certain physical therapy
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Investing in the Future
Kids associated with Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund produced some excellent results at this year’s Toyota SA SASAPD National Para Athletics Championships (17-21 March 2019, Stellenbosch). Para Athletics is a valuable tool to promote participation and integration and Jumping Kids has been staging ‘Exhibition Races’ as far back as 2010 to promote access to sport for
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