Impi Brecher Visser (born ) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team in the

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. In sevens he usually plays as a forward, but is a centre in fifteen-a-side rugby.

Biography

Visser also played rugby union for the at youth level, initially as a scrum-half before making a move to the

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. He played for the , university side in the

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, winning the competition in the 2017 season and also going on representing the

dream team during that same year in an exhibition match against the Junior Springboks. "

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", a zulu word, meaning a group of warriors, is not a nickname, but his given name. He has a degree in mechanical engineering. In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second

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gold medal in

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References

South African rugby union players Living people 1995 births Rugby union players from Pretoria Rugby union centres South Africa international rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rugby sevens players for South Africa Rugby sevens players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub