Burry Stander, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Burry Stander

South African mountain biker

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1987

Place of Birth: Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Date of Death: 03-Jan-2013

Profession: sport cyclist, mountain biker

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Burry Willie Stander (16 September 1987 – 3 January 2013) was a South African mountain biker, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup under-23 men's cross-country 2009 world champion. In the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, Stander finished 15th in the cross-country mountain bike race.
In the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London, Stander finished 5th in the cross-country mountain bike race. Stander paired up with Christoph Sauser in 2009 for the Absa Cape Epic.
Although the team only managed 6th place that year, they then came back in 2010 to claim 2nd place.
Finally in 2011 Stander and Sauser finished in 1st place, making Stander the first South African rider to win the Absa Cape Epic.
In 2012 the team were victorious once again, winning the Prologue and four of the seven stages of the marathon stage race. Stander died after getting hit by a taxibus while on a training ride moments before returning to his Concept Cyclery Shop in South Africa, on 3 January 2013 at the age of 25. A KwaZulu-Natal minibus taxi driver who struck down Stander, was convicted of culpable homicide on Friday April 17, 2015 at the Port Shepstone Magistrates Court and was sentenced to three years in prison.