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South Africa
Athletics
26 Mar 1993
28
Male
T37
PRETORIA
 
South Africa
STELLENBOSCH
 
South Africa

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's 100m - T37 8
Men's 200m - T37  
Men's 400m - T37 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Track
Men's 100m - T37 Round 1 - Heat 2
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Men's 100m - T37 Final
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Men's 400m - T37 Final
Finished
Olympic Stadium - Track
Men's 200m - T37 Round 1 - Heat 1
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
1100m - T372016Rio de Janeiro, BRA11.45
1400m - T372016Rio de Janeiro, BRA51.13
6Men's 800m T372012London, GBR2:06.67
9100m - T372012London, GBR12.11
World Championships
1200m - T372017London, GBR23.27
1400m - T372017London, GBR51.00
2100m - T372017London, GBR11.55
2400m - T372015Doha, QAT51.74
24x100m Relay - T35-382013Lyon, FRA45.76
3400m - T372019Dubai, UAE51.53
3400m - T372013Lyon, FRA52.74
3Men's 800m T372013Lyon, FRA2:03.89
4200m - T372019Dubai, UAE23.03
4200m - T372015Doha, QAT23.20
5100m - T372015Doha, QAT11.73
Commonwealth Games
2100m - T372014Glasgow, GBR11.89
3100m - T382018Gold Coast, QLD, AUS11.35
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Smiling Lightning ["I got it after the 100m final at the 2016 Paralympic Games."] (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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Spending time with his friends, watching sports. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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Education - University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Afrikaans, English
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Maties ParaSport Club [Stellenbosch, RSA]
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His parents Wessel and Elmarie were both athletes who competed at regional level in South Africa. (paralympic.org, 06 Jun 2018)
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2011 for South Africa, in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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He sustained a fracture to his ankle after stepping into a ditch at the 2019 South African Championships. He was out of competition for four months. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

In 2016 he sustained a torn hamstring that kept him out of training for four weeks. He also was out for four months due to torn cartilage in his right knee. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

In 2013 he was out of action for six months after sustaining a slipped disc injury in his spine. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

As a child he required a number of operations, including one in which his Achilles tendon needed to be lengthened. (paralympic.org, 06 Jun 2018)
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He took up athletics at age 17 at high school in Pretoria, South Africa. He began competing in Para athletics at age 26 in 2011. (paralympic.org, 06 Jun 2018; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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"I come from an athletic family. Both my parents were provincial athletes and my dad has been an athletics coach for more than 40 years and I always loved the sport. I think my parents knew I had cerebral palsy, but we never gave it a name. I was at an able-bodied school in Pretoria. I had competed against able-bodied guys in my youth, then suffered a groin injury and went to see a physio. She asked me why I didn't compete in Para sports. 'Why do I want to compete in disabled sports, because I don't think there is anything wrong with me,' I replied. But I took some tests and things started to make sense - why I can't use my right hand properly, why I don't have control over my right arm and why my calves differ; one is bigger than the other. Around that time, I was also starting to think about university. I knew that Suzanne Ferreira was coaching at Stellenbosch University, so it was a no brainer." (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; riglobal.org, 19 Jun 2018)
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To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (timeslive.co.za, 25 Jan 2018)
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Winning gold in the T37 100m and the T37 400m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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Coach Suzanne Ferreira. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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"At the start of a championship I pick out my socks that I am going to race in on the first day of arrival at the event." (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)
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"Everything happens for a reason, so just enjoy the moment." (Athlete, 16 Jul 2017)
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He was named Sportsman of the Year with an Impairment at the 2016 South African Sports Awards. (sascoc.co.za, 28 Nov 2016)

General Interest

Classification
T37, F37 (IPC, 01 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy after complications at birth. "I was born six weeks premature with my umbilical cord around my neck and due to lack of oxygen I got cerebral palsy, which means that one part of my body isn't as well developed as the other parts. So my right arm is a little bit shorter than my left. I also have spasticity to deal with, so when I get tired my coordination isn't as fluent as what it should be." (Eyewitness News YouTube channel, 18 Oct 2018; Athlete, 16 Jul 2017, 06 Nov 2019)

General
RIO TRIBUTE
After winning gold in the T37 100m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he dedicated his victory to his uncle Johan, who was shot and later died following a house robbery earlier in the year. "Me and my family have been through a few tough months but hopefully I did my country proud." (sascoc.co.za, 16 Sep 2016; iol.co.za, 11 Sep 2016)

YOUTH ORGANISATION
He has worked with a non-governmental body named Living Legends South Africa. The organisation offers a youth development programme that focuses on empowering children to take responsibility for their actions through interaction, sport development and life skills. (Living Legends SA Facebook page, 05 Aug 2019; Facebook profile, 12 Mar 2019; tyi.co.za, 16 Aug 2017)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a master's degree on the impact of physical education on the attitudes and motivational changes of learners with a physical impairment. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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