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'''Johannes Frederick “Mannie” Heymans''' (born 15 July 1971) is a [[Namibia]]n cyclist. He was born in [[Krugersdorp]], [[South Africa]].<ref>[http://summergames.lenovo.com/?page_id=134&language=en Personal blog biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713200521/http://summergames.lenovo.com/?page_id=134&language=en |date=2011-07-13 }} lenovo.com</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:33, 9 July 2022
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
External links
- Mannie Heymans at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Mannie Heymans at ProCyclingStats
- Mannie Heymans at Olympedia
- Mannie Heymans at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
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- 1971 births
- White Namibian people
- White South African people
- Namibian Afrikaner people
- Living people
- People from Krugersdorp
- Namibian people of South African descent
- Namibian male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Namibia
- Cyclists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia
- Cape Epic winners
- Sportspeople from Gauteng
- Competitors at the 1991 All-Africa Games
- Competitors at the 1995 All-Africa Games
- Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games
- Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games
- African Games competitors for Namibia
- African cycling biography stubs
- Namibian sportspeople stubs