| Date of birth | 22 December 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Bloemfontein, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Shilton van Wyk (born 22 December 1999) is a South African rugby union player, playing with the South Africa national rugby sevens team.
Van Wyk debuted for the Blitzboks in 2022 at the Dubai tournament. [3] He competed for South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [4] [5] They defeated Australia to win the bronze medal final. [6] [7]
The 1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia was a controversial six-week rugby union tour by the Springboks to Australia. Anti-apartheid protests came to being all around the country. The tour is perhaps most infamous for a state of emergency being declared in Queensland.
In total, around 700 people were arrested whilst the Springboks were on tour.
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