Dyan Buis

Dyan Buis

Personal information
Born	(1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 Riversdale, Western Cape
Sport
Country	South Africa
Sport	sprint runner and long jumper
Disability class	T38
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	49.46
Medal record Dyan Buis Medal record Track and field (athletics) Representing  South Africa Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Men's 400m T38 2012 London Men's 100m T38 2012 London Men's 200m T38 2012 London Long jump F37-38 IPC World Championships 2013 Lyon Men's 100m - T38 2013 Lyon Men's 200m - T38 2015 Doha Men's 200m - T38 2015 Doha Men's long jump - T38

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.^[1]

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^[2]

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