Awards & Winners

Ernst van Dyk

Date of Birth 04-April-1973
Place of Birth Western Cape
(South Africa)
Nationality South Africa
Profession Athlete
Ernst Van Dyk is a South African wheelchair racer and handcyclist. He has won a record 9 wheelchair titles in the Boston Marathon. He was also awarded the Laureus World Sports Awards for Sportsperson with a Disability of the year for 2006. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, he won a bronze medal in the 400 metres. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, he won a silver medal in the 800 metre race, another silver in the 1500 metres, and a bronze in the 5000 metres. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Beijing van Dyk won gold in the handcycling road race as well as bronze in the wheelchair marathon. Other handcycling achievements include: Obtaining a silver and bronze medal at the 2009 UCI World Championships held in Italy and taking double gold at the 2007 UCI World Championships held in Bordeaux.

Awards by Ernst van Dyk

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ernst van Dyk.

2006


Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability