Personal information | |
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National team | South Africa |
Born | 1998 Klerksdorp, South Africa |
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb; 8 st 9 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | South Africa |
Sport | Para Athletics |
Disability class | T37 |
Coached by | Shaun Bownes |
Medal record |
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.Liezel Gouws (born 1998) is a South African female Paralympic athlete and a world record holder of 800m event under T37 classification for women (2:42.39) which was set in 2015 at Johannesburg, South Africa during the national Championships.[1] She also competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2][3][4] She was also part of team South Africa for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games where she finished fifth in the 400m final.