Marissa van der Merwe
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Date of birth | August 30, 1978 |
nation | South Africa |
discipline | Street |
End of career | 2012 |
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Last updated: January 13, 2019 |
Marissa van der Merwe , married. Stander , (born August 30, 1978 in Pretoria ) is a former South African cyclist .
Athletic career
In 2007, Marissa van der Merwe was the African road racing champion , after having taken podium places in this competition and national championships several times in previous years. In the same year she won the silver medal in the road race at the Africa Games in Algiers . In 2008 she became the South African champion in the individual time trial , took second place in the Africa Championship in time trials and road races and was 34th in the road race at the Olympic Games in Beijing . In 2011 she became the South African road champion. She competed four times at the UCI Road World Championships in 2005it took 24th place, 37th place in 2009 and 42nd place in 2010 ; In 2006 she did not finish. In 2012 she ended her sporting career.
successes
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- African Games - street races
- African champion - road race
- 2008
- African Championship - road race, individual time trial
- South African Champion - Individual Time Trial
- 2011
Web links
- Marissa van der Merwe in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Marissa van der Merwe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Marissa van der Merwe in the ProCyclingStats.com database
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SURNAME | Merwe, Marissa van der |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African racing cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pretoria |