Nationality South Africa Height 1.88 m Role Athlete | Name Willem Beer Sport Athletics Weight 73 kg | |
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Born 14 March 1988 (age 36) ( 1988-03-14 ) Pretoria, South Africa Event(s) 400 metres and 200 metres Club University of Pretoria (Tuks) Personal best(s) 400 m 45.67 (Porto Novo 2012) 200 m 21.18 (Pretoria 2012) | ||
2012 Yellow Pages Series III, Pretoria - 400m Men (Willem de Beer)
Willem Frederik Andries de Beer (born 14 March 1988) is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.
He won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, de Beer was part of the South African team in the 4 x 400 metres relay semifinal, where he was to run the final leg. In the second leg Ofentse Mogawane collided with Kenya's Vincent Mumo Kiilu, resulting in South Africa's withdrawal from the race. South Africa was passed into the final on appeal to the IAAF, due to interference from the Kenyan athlete who downed Mogawane. They were assigned the 9th lane. He ran the second leg in the final in which South Africa finished eighth.
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