Dyan Buis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dyan Buis

South African Paralympic athlete

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1990

Place of Birth: Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Dyan Buis

  • Dyan Buis (born 30 November 1990 in Riversdale, Western Cape) is a South African Paralympic sprint runner and long jumper.
  • He has mild cerebral palsy and competes in the T38 class.In 2012 Buis was a student at Global University in Cape Town, RSA, in Religious and Theological Studies, and trained at Maties Helderberg Disabled Sports Club in Stellenbosch.
  • He competed at the 2012 Paralympic Games, where he won a Bronze Medal in the men's long jump with a world record time for his class of 6.48 metres.
  • He also won a Silver Medal in the Men's 100m for his class. In 2016 at the 2016 Paralympics, Buis ran a 54.66 in the second heat to qualify third for the finals behind Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez and Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera both from Colombia.
  • In the Finals, Buis exploded out of the blocks and ran his Personal Best 49.46 seconds to claim Gold.
  • The second place went to China's Jianwen Hu and Third to Colombia's Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera

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