Wayde van Niekerk

South African sprinter (born 1992)

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 400 m at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and took silver in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2013 Summer Universiade.

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