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| Born | 1989 (age 34–35) Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Triathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vicky van der Merwe (born 1989) is a South African athlete who competes in triathlon. She won a gold medal at the 2023 African Games and three gold medals at the African Triathlon Championships, in 2023 and 2024. [1] In 2024, she became an Olympian, representing South Africa at the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris. [2]
Marina van der Merwe is a former field hockey coach, who was born in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Beth Potter is a multiple World Champion Scottish triathlete and long distance runner competing internationally for Great Britain, and for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games. She competed for Great Britain in athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In 2019 she won the gold medal at the European Triathlon Championships in Weert, Netherlands. In 2022, she won individual bronze at the 2022 World Triathlon Sprint Championships, and silver with Team Great Britain in the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships. In 2023, she won the Elite championship in the World Triathlon Championship Series, becoming the sixth British women's world champion.
Duhan van der Merwe is a South African professional rugby union player who competes as a wing internationally for Scotland and domestically for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh. He represents Scotland having qualified on residency grounds.
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Shadine van der Merwe is a South African netball player. She was a member of the South African squad that secured fifth place at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. van der Merwe was signed by the Surrey Storm in the UK Superleague in 2018, and was also selected in South Africa's national senior team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2019 Netball World Cup. In May 2019 she was signed by the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Australian Super Netball league, having been selected by the team as a replacement player for the long-term injured Beth Cobden. She is now signed to the Manchester Thunder for the 2022- 2023 season.
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Lara van Niekerk is a South African competitive swimmer. She is the current African, Commonwealth, and South African record holder in the long course 50-metre breaststroke and the African and South African record holder in the short course 50-metre breaststroke. She won gold medals in the 50-metre breaststroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as a silver medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships and the bronze medal at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in the same event. In the 100-metre breaststroke, she won gold medals at the 2018 African Swimming Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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