Zivan Smith (born 31 October 1991 in

Pretoria Pretoria ( ; ) is the Capital of South Africa, administrative capital of South Africa, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to the country. Pretoria strad ...

, South Africa) is a South African Paralympic athlete. Smith has the use of only one arm, and completes in the T46 class. He attends

Tshwane University of Technology Tshwane University of Technology (TUT; ) is a higher education institution in South Africa that came into being through a merger of three technikons — Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. As the number of ...

in South Africa. At the

2012 Paralympic Games The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Game ...

, Smith won a gold medal as part of the South African 4 × 100 m relay team in a world record time of 41.78 seconds.

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1991 births Living people Paralympic athletes for South Africa Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for South Africa Athletes from Pretoria South African amputees World record holders in para-athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Tshwane University of Technology alumni Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) South African male sprinters Sprinters with limb difference Paralympic sprinters 21st-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub