Mannie Heymans
Personal information | |
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Full name | Johannes Frederick Heymans |
Born | (1971-07-15) 15 July 1971 (age 53) Krugersdorp, South Africa |
Team information | |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1991-2003 | Namibian African Games Cycling Team |
1994-2006 | Namibian Commonwealth Games Cycling Team |
2000-2008 | Namibian Olympic Cycling Team |
Johannes Frederick “Mannie” Heymans (born 15 July 1971) is a Namibian cyclist. He was born in Krugersdorp, South Africa.[1]
Personal
Heymans moved to Namibia in 1984 while the country was still occupied by his native South Africa. A rugby player until then, Heymans began cycling in 1987.
International
Heymans has represented Namibia numerous times, including at the 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003 All-Africa Games. He also competed for his country at the 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games. As for the Summer Olympics, Heymans has participated in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. In the 2008 games, Heymans was the country's flag-bearer at the opening ceremonies. Heymans won the inaugural Transalp Mountain Bike stage race in 1998 and then the first Absa Cape Epic in 2004.[2]
References
- ^ Personal blog biography Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine lenovo.com
- ^ Heymans Namibia's flag-bearer at Games Archived 2008-08-13 at the Wayback Machine The Namibian, 1 August 2008
External links
- Official web site
External links
- Mannie Heymans at Cycling Archives
- Mannie Heymans at ProCyclingStats
- Mannie Heymans at Olympedia
- Mannie Heymans at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Olympic Games | ||
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for ![]() Beijing 2008 | Succeeded by |
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- 2004:
Mannie Heymans /
Karl Platt
- 2005:
Roel Paulissen /
Bart Brentjens
- 2006:
Christoph Sauser /
Silvio Bundi
- 2007:
Karl Platt /
Stefan Sahm
- 2008:
Roel Paulissen /
Jakob Fuglsang
- 2009:
Karl Platt /
Stefan Sahm
- 2010:
Karl Platt /
Stefan Sahm
- 2011:
Christoph Sauser /
Burry Stander
- 2012:
Christoph Sauser /
Burry Stander
- 2013:
Christoph Sauser /
Jaroslav Kulhavý
- 2014:
Robert Mennen /
Kristian Hynek
- 2015:
Christoph Sauser /
Jaroslav Kulhavý
- 2016:
Karl Platt /
Urs Huber
- 2017:
Nino Schurter /
Matthias Stirnemann
- 2018:
Jaroslav Kulhavý /
Howard Grotts
- 2019:
Nino Schurter /
Lars Forster
2020- 2021:
Jordan Sarrou /
Matthew Beers
- 2022:
Georg Egger /
Lukas Baum
- 2023:
Matthew Beers /
Christopher Blevins
- 2024:
Matthew Beers /
Howard Grotts
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