Burry Stander (16 September 1987), a South African mountain biker, is the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup under-23 men's cross-country 2009 world champion. He is third overall in the World Cup standings behind multiple Olympic and World Champion, Julien Absalon (FRA) and José Hermida (ESP).[1] In the 2008 Olympic Summer Games, Stander finished 15th in the cross country mountain bike.[2] Career highlights pre 2008 3 time U/19 sa xc and marathon champion 10th commonwealth games 2006 17th u/23 world championships 2006 SA pro xc champion 2006/2007 6th u/23 world championships 2007 African xc mtb champion 2007 Highlights 2008 Mazda drifter Barberton sa marathon series opener 1st 14th giro del capo road tour and 2nd u/26 rider Cape Epic stage win and leader for three stages(dnf due to itb injury while leading) South Africa cross country champion 3rd u/23 SA road championships World cup round 1 Houffalize Belgium 58th world cup round 2 Offenburg Germany 7th World cup round 3 Madrid, Spain 13th World cup round 4 Vallnord,Andorra 2nd World cup round 5 Fort William Scotland 5th World cup round 6 Mont St Anne, Canada 3rd World cup round 7 Bromont Canada 24th World cup round 8 Canberra Australia 6th World cup round 9 Schladming Austria 10th World cup overall standings 5th World cup u/23 champion U/23 World championships 2nd Jeep Hill2Hill marathon champion Olympic games Beijing 15th 2009 sponsors: Specialized bikes, mr price,Oakley, Fever publications-weekly mountainbike column, Fast fuel nutrition, Crank brothers pedals, Garmin, Songo.info-charity involved in building BMX tracks for disadvantaged communities.
In 2010 Stander rode across the line in third place at the mountain bike world championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada.
Stander is from Port Shepstone in KwaZulu-Natal and is a team partner of Christoph Sauser.[3]