Anrune Weyers (née Liebenberg, born 3 November 1992), is a South African

para-athlete Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practiced by people with a disability as a parasport. The athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair rac ...

. She took up

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in 2010. Weyers was born with a congenital defect in her left arm and competes in the T47 disability class. At the

2011 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with disabilities competed, and the Championships were a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Over 1,000 ath ...

she came second in the 400 m and sixth in the

200 m The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

. In 2012, she won two medals at the

London Paralympics 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 ...

, namely silver in the 400 m and bronze in the

. (search for Liebenberg) Later that year these medals were stolen while she was travelling from George airport in the Western Cape. At the 2013 IPC World Championships she came second in both the

and the 400 m. At the 2015 IPC World Championships, she won the 400 m, and at the

2016 Rio Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 Sept ...

she won silver in both the

and 400 m. Weyers won gold in the 400 m, silver in the

and bronze in the

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at the

2019 World Para Athletics Championships The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic athletics, Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from ...

in Dubai, and set the world record of 55.60 s for the 400 m at the Flanders Cup in Huizengin, Belgium in August 2019. Weyers won gold in the 400 m T47 in Tokyo in 2021 (her third Paralympics) in a season's best time of 56.05 s.

Personal life

Weyers is a

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. Weyers is married to Stefan Weyers.

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* 1992 births Congenital amputees Living people Athletes from Johannesburg South African female sprinters Sprinters with limb difference Sportswomen with disabilities South African amputees Paralympic athletes for South Africa Paralympic silver medalists for South Africa Paralympic bronze medalists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics World Para Athletics Championships winners Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century South African sportswomen {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub