Anrune Weyers

Anrune Weyers
Weyers (left) at the 400m T46 medal ceremony at the 2012 Paralympics
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1992-11-03) November 3, 1992 (age 32)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Disability classT47
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo T47 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 London T46 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro T47 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro T47 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London T46 200 m
IPC Athletics World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Doha T47 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai T47 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Christchurch T46 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon T46 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Lyon T46 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 London T47 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2019 Dubai T47 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Doha T47 200 m
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]

  1. ^ "I still have this gift, so I am not done yet: South African star Anrune Weyers". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Infostrada Sports. "Biographies". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 December 2014. (search for Liebenberg)
  3. ^ "Top Paralympian's medals stolen". News24. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Dubai 2019: Anrune Weyers takes South Africa's first gold". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Anruné Weyers – South African Paralympic Medalist". Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Anrune Weyers embraces the racing opportunities in Tokyo". TeamSA. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  7. ^ Tshwaku, Khanyiso. "SA Paralympic heroes Mahlangu, Weyers rejoice after striking gold in Tokyo". Sport. Retrieved 28 August 2021.