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South Africa At The 2016 Summer Paralympics
South Africa entered 45 athletes in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro from 7–18 September 2016. The country qualified athletes in archery, athletics, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, powerlifting, rowing, swimming, shooting and wheelchair tennis. Funding and support In September 2015, a representative from the country attended the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Chef de Mission seminar as part of the country's preparation efforts for the 2016 Games. For some South African sportspeople trying to qualify for Rio, the funding had to come out of their own pocket. This was the case for three-time equestrian Paralympian Philippa Johnson. There is a particular challenge with equestrian sport because, unlike able-bodied riders, para-riders do not get prize money at major international events. This despite the fact the sport has higher costs for participants with a disability. SASOC's Operation Excellence (OPEX) does exist and for some South African Paralympians, it provides fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South African Sports Confederation And Olympic Committee
The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) ( af, Suid-Afrikaanse Sportkonfederasie en Olimpiese Komitee) is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and National Paralympic Committee (NPC) for South Africa, and the responsible body for South Africa at the Commonwealth Games. It is also responsible for high-performance sport in the country and coordinates the relationship with various list of international sports federations, international sports federations. At the Annual General Meeting held on 9 December 2013, SASCOC decided to de-register as a non-profit company. This has created a great deal of confusion as its status as the official Sports Confederation (in terms of the Sport and Recreation Act, number 110 of 1998, as amended) and its affiliation to the IOC, ANOCA and the Commonwealth are not transferable. There too is an Association that is attempting to trade as SASCOC. However this association is not a registered non-profit organisation and in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anrune Liebenberg
Anrune Weyers (née Liebenberg, born 3 November 1992), is a South African para-athlete. She took up athletics in 2010. Weyers was born with a congenital defect in her left arm and competes in the T47 disability class. At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships she came second in the 400 m and sixth in the 200 m. In 2012, she won two medals at the London Paralympics, namely silver in the 400 m and bronze in the 200 m. (search for Liebenberg) Later that year these medals were stolen while she was travelling from George airport in the Western Cape. At the 2013 IPC World Championships she came second in both the 200 m and the 400 m. At the 2015 IPC World Championships, she won the 400 m, and at the 2016 Rio Paralympics she won silver in both the 200 m and 400 m. Weyers won gold in the 400 m, silver in the 200 m and bronze in the 100 m at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, and set the world record of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Sekailwe
Union Sekailwe (born 6 January 1986) is a Paralympian athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category T38 sprint events. Sekailwe competed for his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where he won a bronze medal in the 400 metre sprint. Sekailwe has competed at World Championship level on two occasions, picking up three medals. He has also competed in long jump at the Paralympics, and in the javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ... at the World Championships. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Sekailwe, Union Paralympic athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for South Africa 1986 births Living people South African male sprinters South African male long jumpers South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpumelelo Mhlongo
Mpumelelo Mhlongo (born 1994) is a South African sprint and long jump athlete and Paralympic Games record holder. Mhlongo won silver and bronze at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in the T44 men's 100 metres and long jump events. Mlongo lives with constriction ring syndrome and a deformed clubfoot. Track and field career Mhlongo has represented South Africa at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games, where he broke the T44 200m World Record and set the T44 200m, 100m, and long jump Paralympic Games records. His first Paralympic appearance was at the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games. His other representation in major championships include three World Championships and one World Games, since his debut in 2015. Mhlongo set his first ratified world record in 2019 at the Grosseto Grand Prix in the T44 Long Jump of 7.03m (+1.6 m/s), being the only T44 athlete to jump over the 7m mark. In the same year, he went on to win the silver and bronze medals in the 100m and long jump, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnu Fourie
Arnu Fourie (born 24 April 1985) is a South African Paralympian athlete who runs in the T44 class. His is a single-below-the-knee amputee. Life and career Fourie was born in Bloemfontein, and lost his left leg below the knee in a boating propeller accident in 2003. He was a rugby player at the time, and was signed by the Golden Lions before his accident. He initially lost interest in sports, but he took up running after the death of a friend convinced him that he should be more active. Fourie graduated from Stellenbosch University and is employed as an accountant in Stellenbosch. He trains at the Maties Helderberg Sports Club for Disabled Athletes under coach Suzanne Ferreira. Fourie participated in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, taking 4th place in the 100 m and 6th place in the 200 m final. He won a gold medal in the IAAF Golden League Meet in Paris in 2011, and a gold medal as part of the 4x100 relay team at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charl Du Toit
Charl du Toit (born 26 March 1993) is a South African former Paralympic sprinter who competed in the T37 class. Du Toit has competed at two Summer Paralympic Games, London 2012 and Rio 2016. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he won gold medals in the 100 metre and 400 metre races, setting a world record in the latter. Personal history Du Toit was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1993. He has cerebral palsy. Du Toit was educated at Hoërskool Akasia in his home city. After matriculating from high school he attended Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:du Toit, Charl 1993 births Afrikaner people Living people Paralympic athletes of South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chenelle Van Zyl
Cheryline Ernestine Lim (born 10 March 1982), known by her stage name Che'Nelle, is an Australian singer-songwriter signed to Universal Music Japan. Early life Cheryline Ernestine Lim was born on 10 March 1982, to a Chinese father, and a mother of Indian and Dutch heritage. Born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Lim and her family moved to Perth, Australia when she was 10 years old. As a child she gained the attention of her father after singing in his karaoke lounge, seeing her talent. She later started writing and producing her own music in her home studio. Sir Charles Dixon discovered her talents, after she uploaded some of her music onto Myspace. Dixon took her material to Virgin Records and Virgin flew Che'nelle to New York City at the end of 2005 to meet with representatives from the label. The chairman of the label and longtime music business baron, Jason Flom, signed her immediately. Within two days, she had completed the deal and was marketed as a world-class artist. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liezel Gouws
Liezel Gouws (born 1998) is a South African female Paralympic athlete and a world record holder of 800m event under T37 classification for women (2:42.39) which was set in 2015 at Johannesburg, South Africa during the national Championships. She also competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She was also part of team South Africa for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games where she finished fifth in the 400m final. Biography Gouws was born in 1998 not as a disabled child in Klerksdorp. Gouws had to confront cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ... which was resulted due to a stroke she had in 2004, when she was just five years old. She sees her recovery process and abilities that she has today as miracle on miracle. There were doctors who gave her just two year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louzanne Coetzee
Louzanne Coetzee (born 18 April 1993) is a South African para-athlete. Career Coetzee was born blind as a result of a hereditary condition called Leber congenital amaurosis and competes in the T11 disability class, for athletes with the highest level of visual impairment. In 2017, Coetzee broke the 5000 m (women) world record in her disability class, while in April 2018 she became the first visually impaired athlete to compete at the World University Cross Country Championships in Switzerland. Coetzee competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics representing South Africa in the Women's 1500 metres. She was, however, disqualified when her guide, Khotatso Mokone, was deemed to have provided illegal assistance. In 2021, Coetzee competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, winning the silver medal in the 1500 m The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Imboden
Martin Imboden (born 12 December 1963) is a Swiss Paralympic archer. He has competed once at the Summer Paralympics, four times at the World Para Archery Championships and twice at the Para Continental Championships. 105 Swiss athletes were sent to Rio Olympic Games and 21 of those were paralympians. Imboden and Magali Comte were the only paralympian archers. References External links * * Martin Imbodenat the Swiss Paralympic Committee The Swiss Paralympic Committee (german: Schweizerisches Paralympisches Komitee; french: Comité paralympique suisse; it, Comitato Svizzero Paralimpico; rm, Comitati Paralimpica Svizra) is the National Paralympic Committee in Switzerland for the ... 1963 births Living people Swiss male archers Paralympic archers for Switzerland Archers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics {{Switzerland-archery-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanus Lombaard
Stephanus Lombaard is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category F57 throwing events. Stephanus was part of the South African team that travelled to the 1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games ... where he competed in all three throws in the F57 class winning gold in the shot put and javelin and silver in the discus. References Paralympic athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for South Africa Paralympic bronze medalists for South Africa Living people South African people of Dutch descent Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Recipients of the Order of Ikhamanga Year of birth missing (living people) Paralympic medalists in athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
