Track and field athlete Wayde Van Niekerk

Wayde Van Niekerk

Living place: South Africa

Birthday: 15-7-1992 (32 years old)

Population of the world 1992: 5.441 billions

Global rank: #68366

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Who is Track and field athlete Wayde Van Niekerk?
Wayne van Niekerk made the world pay attention to him when he broke the 400m world record at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Wayne van Niekerk's 43 seconds 03 beat the 43 seconds 18 world record set by the legendary athlete Michael Johnson founded and has existed for the past 17 years. Experts assess Wayne van Niekerk's record is amazing and it will be a long time before it can be broken. Wayne van Niekerk's gold was the first gold medal for the South African team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Wayne van Niekerk became the first athlete in history to win gold in the 8th lane. Wayne van Niekerk defeated both of them. 2008 and 2012 Olympic champions LaShawn Merritt and Kirani James.
Wayne van Niekerk is the first track and field athlete in the world to run 100m under 10 seconds, 200m under 20 seconds and 400m under 44 seconds.
Notable achievements of Wayne van Niekerk:
  • 2016 Olympic gold medal in Rio 400m.
  • HCV at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.
  • 2014 Commonwealth Games silver medal content.
  • The gold medal of the 2016 Africa Championships Athletics Championships in the 200m, 4x100m relay.

Just before the Rio Olympics, Wayne van Niekerk is back. Schuur Groote hospital, where he was born to interact and visit the doctors here. He donated £30,000 (~ VND 1 billion) to upgrade the hospital's equipment.
 
 

Young / Before famous


Wayne van Niekerk was born 3 months premature, extremely weak and had to live in an incubator for a long time. Wayne van Niekerk's weight is only about 1kg. Doctors warned him that he would die prematurely or suffer from mental retardation. Fortunately, Wayne van Niekerk grew stronger and stronger.
Wayne van Niekerk joined the Bellville High School Athletics Club, then became the South Africa U11 champion.
In 2010, although the competition was not successful. successful at the World Junior Athletics Championships, but Wayne van Niekerk has revealed the potential of a world champion.

Family life info


Wayne van Niekerk was born into a family with a sports tradition. His mother is Odessa, an extremely famous female athlete in the 80s and 90s of the last century. She could all but compete for gold in the Olympics, but due to strong racism, she did not have the opportunity to compete in the most prestigious arena in the world. Wayne van Nieker's grandmother was also a track and field coach in the 1960s. It was Ans Botha who discovered Wayne van Niekerk's athletic qualities.

Close relationship

Who is Girl friend/ wife/ darling Track and field athlete Wayde Van Niekerk?
Wayne van Niekerk is a cousin of Cheslin Kolbe - athlete with the South African rugby team that won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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Summary of Wayde Van Niekerk profile

When was Track and field athlete Wayde Van Niekerk born?
Wayde Van Niekerk birthday 15-7-1992 (at the age of 32).
Where is Track and field athlete Wayde Van Niekerk's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Wayde Van Niekerk was born in Cape Town, of South Africa. Mr working and living in South Africa. Mr, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Wayde Van Niekerk's global rank is 68366 and whose rank is 172 in list of famous Track and field athlete. Population of the world in 1992 is about 5.441 billions persons.
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Wayne van Niekerk makes history breaking the 400m world record.
Wayne van Niekerk makes history breaking the 400m world record.
Wayne van Niekerk famous South African track and field athlete.
Wayne van Niekerk famous South African track and field athlete.
Wayne van Niekerk sets a new world record.
Wayne van Niekerk sets a new world record.

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Events in 1992 and 15-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Wayde Van Niekerk

  • Yugoslav Federation broken up (Jan. 15). US recognizes three former Yugoslav republics (April 7). UN expels Serbian-dominated Yugoslavia (Sept. 22).
  • Bush and Yeltsin proclaim a formal end to the Cold War (Feb. 1).
  • US lifts trade sanctions against China (Feb. 21).
  • General Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, convicted in US court (April 9) and sentenced to 40 years on drug charges (July 10).
  • Russian Parliament approves START treaty (Nov. 4).
  • US forces leave Philippines, ending nearly a century of American military presence (Nov. 24).
  • Czechoslovak Parliament approves separation into two nations (Nov. 25). Background: Czech Republic and Slovakia
  • UN approves US-led force to guard food for Somalia (Dec. 3).
  • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed (Dec. 17).

Birthday Wayde Van Niekerk (15-7) in history

  • Day 15-7 year 1869: Margarine was patented in France by Hippolyte Mege Mouries.
  • Day 15-7 year 1870: Georgia became the last of the Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union.
  • Day 15-7 year 1918: The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
  • Day 15-7 year 1940: The world's tallest man (8 feet, 11.1 inches), Robert Wadlow, died.
  • Day 15-7 year 1948: John J. Pershing, whose leadership in World War I earned him the title General of the Armies of the United States, died in Washington, DC.
  • Day 15-7 year 1975: The Russian Soyuz and the U.S. Apollo launched. The Apollo-Soyuz mission was the first international manned spaceflight.
  • Day 15-7 year 2010: After 86 days of gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico and several previous attempts to contain the flow, BP caps its leaking oil well.
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