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Apr 04, 1973 Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa 51 years old
South African wheelchair racer
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About Ernst Van Dyk
- Ernst Francois van Dyk OIS (born 4 April 1973) is a South African wheelchair racer and handcyclist.
- He has won a record 10 wheelchair titles in the Boston Marathon.
- He was also awarded the Laureus World Sports Awards for Sportsperson with a Disability of the year for 2006.
- At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, he won a bronze medal in the 400 metres.
- At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, he won a silver medal in the 800 metre race, another silver in the 1500 metres, and a bronze in the 5000 metres.
- At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing van Dyk won gold in the handcycling road race as well as bronze in the wheelchair marathon.
- Other handcycling achievements include: Obtaining a silver and bronze medal at the 2009 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships held in Italy and taking double gold (road race and time trial) at the 2007 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships held in Bordeaux.
