Anrune Weyers
![]() Weyers (left) at the 400m T46 medal ceremony at the 2012 Paralympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | South African | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | November 3, 1992|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Disability class | T47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 28 August 2021. |
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[1] 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.[2] Later that year these medals were stolen while she was travelling from George airport in the Western Cape.[3] At the 2013 IPC World Championships she came second in both the 200 m and the 400 m.[2]
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,[4] 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 55.60 s for the 400 m at the Flanders Cup in Huizengin, Belgium in August 2019.[5] [6]
Weyers won gold in the 400 m T47 in Tokyo in 2021 (her third Paralympics) in a season's best time of 56.05 s.[7]
Personal life[]
Weyers is a Christian. Weyers is married to Stefan Weyers.[8]
References[]
- ^ "I still have this gift, so I am not done yet: South African star Anrune Weyers". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ a b Infostrada Sports. "Biographies". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (search for Liebenberg)
- ^ "Top Paralympian's medals stolen". News24. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Dubai 2019: Anrune Weyers takes South Africa's first gold". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Anruné Weyers – South African Paralympic Medalist". Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Anrune Weyers embraces the racing opportunities in Tokyo". TeamSA. 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Tshwaku, Khanyiso. "SA Paralympic heroes Mahlangu, Weyers rejoice after striking gold in Tokyo". Sport. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ Doering, Joshua. "South Africa's Anruné Weyers breaks through for her first Paralympic gold, gives glory to God". Sport Spectrum. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
External links[]
- Anrune Weyers at the International Paralympic Committee
- Anrune Weyers at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
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