Lehann Fourie (born 16 February 1987 in

Heidelberg, Gauteng Heidelberg is a town with 35,500 inhabitants in the Gauteng province of South Africa at the foot of the Suikerbosrand next to the N3 highway, which connects Johannesburg and Durban. History Heidelberg began in 1862 as a trading station built b ...

) is a South African

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK. He attended

Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (also known as Affies), is a public Afrikaans medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Elandspoort in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The school was founded in 1920 by Jan Joubert and ...

(Afrikaans High School for Boys, also known as Affies), in Pretoria. He graduated from the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Univers ...

in 2010. His personal best of 13.24s in the

110-metre hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a rac ...

is the current African record.

Competition record

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* 1987 births Living people South African male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Pretoria Universiade silver medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub