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Wayde van Niekerk

1992 - Today

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Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: , Afrikaans: [fan ˈnikærk]; born 15 July 1992) is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. In the 400 metres, he is the current world and Olympic record holder, having set the record when he won the event at the 2016 Olympics. Van Niekerk was the silver medallist in the 400m at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and took silver in the 4×400 metres relay at the 2013 Summer Universiade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wayde van Niekerk has received more than 2,408,968 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Wayde van Niekerk is the 2,194th most popular athlete (down from 1,919th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 221st in 2019) and the 17th most popular South African Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Wayde van Niekerk ranks 2,194 out of 6,025. Before him are Sifan Hassan, Bernard Talvard, Bjarte Engen Vik, Rita Wilden, Dagmar Neubauer, and Igor Astapkovich. After him are Konstantinos Kenteris, Josiah McCracken, Magdalena Neuner, Uroš Marović, Andreas Kunz, and Manfred Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Wayde van Niekerk ranks 120. Before him are Fabiano Caruana, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Hamari Traoré, Mattia Perin, Emily Osment, and Daniel Schmidt. After him are Rudy Gobert, RJ Mitte, Sunmi, Darya Dugina, Shohei Ono, and Jennette McCurdy.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Wayde van Niekerk ranks 215 out of 454. Before him are Guy Tunmer (1948), Eddie Keizan (1944), Luki Botha (1930), Maggie Laubser (1886), Phil Masinga (1969), and Sid James (1913). After him are Lucas Radebe (1969), Alfred Swift (1931), Ian Hunter (1900), Clarence Oldfield (1899), Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (1955), and Troye Sivan (1995).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Wayde van Niekerk ranks 17. Before him are Cecil McMaster (1895), Lillian Board (1948), Lawrence Stevens (1913), Christian Gitsham (1888), Clarence Walker (1898), and Leal (null). After him are Clarence Oldfield (1899), Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Zola Budd (1966), Chris Wood (null), Caster Semenya (1991), and Péter Nagy (null).

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