Marione Fourie

Marione Fourie (born 30 April 2002) is a South African athlete who is the national record holder and a multiple-time national champion in the high hurdles.

Biography Fourie won her first South African national championship in the 100 metres hurdles in 2021. In 2022, Fourie became national champion for the second time, and won the bronze medal at the African Championships in the 100 metres hurdles. She became just the third South African woman of all time to run below 13 seconds for the event. At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Fourie ran 12.94 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals finishing behind Olympic bronze medalist Megan Tapper in her heat.

In July 2023, Fourie lowered her personal best to 12.55 whilst running in Switzerland to set a new national record. She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, where she reached the semi-finals. She was named the South Africa Female Athlete of the Year.

In April 2024, Fourie won her fourth consecutive national title over 100 metres hurdles, in Pietermaritzburg. In June 2024, she won silver in the 100 metres hurdles at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon. In July 2024, she lowered the South African national record to 12.49 seconds in Hengelo. She competed in the 100m hurdles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, reaching the semi-finals.

In January 2025, Fourie set a new South African national record for the 60 metres hurdles, running 7.91 seconds in Luxembourg. She was selected to compete in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025. She finished third in the 100m hurdles at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025. She also finished third in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League. In September, she was a semi-finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

In April 2026, Fourie ran her fastest time recorded on South African soil with 12.67 seconds for the 100 m hurdles at the Hezekiel Sepeng Invitational in Potchefstroom. Later that month, she won the women's 100 m hurdles at the South African Championships in 12.69 seconds ahead of Tumi Ramokgopa and placed fourth in 12.62 seconds, 0.13 seconds outside her own South African record, at the 2026 Diamond League event in Rabat. On 4 June, she placed fourth in 12.59 seconds at the Diamond League event in Rome, and on 16 June, placed third at the Golden Spike Ostrava.

Fourie placed fourth overall competing in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

International competitions 1Disqualified in the semifinals