Willem de Beer’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African sprinter
A.K.A. Willebeer
Is Athlete
From South Africa
Type Sports
Gender male
Birth

14 March 1988, Pretoria, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Age 32 years

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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