André Olivier (born 29 December 1989) is a South African
middle distance runner
Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...
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He won a bronze medal in the 800m race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, behind winner Nigel Amos of Botswana and David Rudisha (Olympic champion and world record holder) of Kenya.
Olivier won a bronze medal at the
2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
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Poland
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No gold, but SA athletes still shine in Poland
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Competition record
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1989 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Pietermaritzburg
South African male middle-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for South Africa
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade bronze medalists for South Africa
South African Athletics Championships winners
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
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