Bernette Beyers

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Bernette Beyers Road cycling
Bernette Beyers (2017)
Bernette Beyers (2017)
To person
Date of birth 17th January 1992
nation South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
discipline Railway (short term / endurance)
End of career 2017
Most important successes
African championships
2017 AfricanChampionJersey.png - Sprint, team sprint, 500-meter time trial, points race
Last updated: March 25, 2017

Bernette Beyers (born January 17, 1992 in Stellenbosch ) is a former South African cyclist .

Athletic career

It wasn't until 2013 that Bernette Beyers started cycling, on a borrowed bike from a local bike shop. In January 2015 she started training on the track . A few weeks later, she won six medals at the Western Cape Provincial Championships and other medals at the national championships. Then she and Odette van Deventer were invited to a three-month training stay at the World Cycling Center of the UCI in Aigle, Switzerland . In May 2016 she presented at a railroad meeting in the Vélodrome National in French Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines with 11.358 seconds a new South African record in the 200 meters and finished in a star-studded international field in the Sprint eighth.

In November 2016, Beyers started in the Keirin finals of places seven to twelve at the first run of the Track Cycling World Cup in Glasgow , fell and broke her collarbone . In March 2017 she became four-time African champion , in the points race , in the 500-meter time trial , in the sprint and with Jennifer Abbot in the team sprint . She was runner-up in the Keirin.

successes

2016
  • MaillotSudáfrica.PNG South African champion - 500 meter time trial
2017

Web links

Commons : Bernette Beyers  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernette Beyers - SA's upcoming trackie in Aigle. In: Cycling Direct. December 19, 2015, accessed March 25, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Beyers on the track to recovery. In: Cycling Direct. November 29, 2016, accessed March 25, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Beyers, Bernette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Stellenbosch