Wayde van Niekerk

About Wayde van Niekerk

South African sprinter known for his proficiency at the 100 meters, 200 meters, and 400 meters, becoming the first person to run them under 10 seconds, 20 seconds, and 44 seconds, respectively. He earned a gold medal in the 400 meter dash at the 2016 Olympics, setting a world record with a timing of 43.03 seconds.

Wayde van Niekerk is a South African track and field athlete competing at 200 and 400 meters. At 400 meters, he is the world record and the current Olympic he broke in the Olympic final. He is also the world's best time holder at 300 meters. Van Niekerk won a silver medal in the 400m content at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400m relay event at the Summer University of 2013. He also represented South Africa at the Championship. world champion athletics 2013 and 2015. At the 2015 World Championship, he won the gold medal in 400 meters. He defended his title two years later in London, where he also won the silver medal at 200 meters. In the men's 400m event at the 2016 Olympic Games, Van Niekerk won the gold medal with a world record of 43.03 seconds at 24 years and 30 days, beating the 43.18 second time set by Michael Johnson at the Athletics Championship. 1999 world experience in Seville, Spain. .

Team	adidas
Sport	Track and field
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.94 (2017), 200 m: 19.84 (2017), 300 m: 30.81 WB (2017), 400 m: 43.03 WR (2016)
Event(s)	Sprints
Coached by	Lance Brauman, Anna Botha (2012–2021)

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Trivia

He attended University of the Free State to study marketing. He won his first gold at the 2015 World Championships.

Wayde van Niekerk before fame

In 2010, he made his international debut at the World Junior Championships.

Achievement of Wayde van Niekerk

He studied marketing at the University of the Free State. At the 2015 World Championships, he won his first gold medal.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Wayde van Niekerk family life

Odessa Swarts and Wayne van Niekerk were his parents.

Associations of Wayde van Niekerk

At the 2016 Olympics, he broke the world record for the 400 meter run, which had previously been held by American sprinter Michael Johnson.

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