Michael Louwrens’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African Paralympian
Is Athlete
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

23 November 1959

Age 61 years
Star sign Sagittarius

Michael Louwrens is a paralympic athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category F57 shot putt and discus events.

Michael won three Paralympic gold medals in the shot putt winning in 1996, 2000 and 2004. At each of these games he also competed in the discus but was unable to win a medal in the discus. His fourth and final games came in 2008 but could only finish fifth in the shot putt, the first time in the Paralympics that he had not won the gold medal.

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