Dyan Neille Buis (born 30 November 1990 in Riversdale, Western Cape) is a South African Paralympic sprint runner and long jumper. He has mild cerebral palsy and competes in the

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class. In 2012, Buis was a student at Global University in Cape Town, RSA, in Religious and Theological Studies, and trained at Maties Helderberg Disabled Sports Club in Stellenbosch. He competed at the 2012 Paralympic Games, where he won a bronze medal in the men's long jump with a world record time for his class of 6.48 metres. He also won a silver medal in the Men's 100m for his class. In 2016, at the 2016 Paralympics, Buis ran a 54.66 in the second heat to qualify third for the finals behind Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez and Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera both from Colombia. In the Finals, Buis set a new personal best of 49.46 seconds and won Gold. The second place went to China's Jianwen Hu and third to Colombia's Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buis, Dyan 1990 births Living people Paralympic athletes for South Africa Paralympic gold medalists for South Africa Paralympic silver medalists for South Africa Paralympic bronze medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Afrikaner people World record holders in para-athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) South African male sprinters South African male long jumpers Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century South African sportsmen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics