Ruswahl Samaai (born 25 September 1991)[1] is a South African track and field athlete who competes in the long jump.

In 2017 he won the bronze medal in the long jump event at the World Championships held in London.

He was driven to compete in athletics and would regularly walk nearly ten kilometres to the local running track to train.

He had his first podium finish on the Diamond League circuit shortly after, placing third at the Adidas Grand Prix.

[6] Samaai was selected to represent South Africa at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and on his international debut, he cleared 8.08 m (26 ft 6 in) in the long jump final to earn the bronze medal.