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Niekerk
South African sprinter (born 1992)

Niekerk

Wayde van Niekerk is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres.

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In the 400 metres, he is the current world and Olympic record holder, having set the record when he won the event at the 2016 Olympics.

How locals move

Getting around Niekerk the local way

  • Go nextCatch a bus to Lauwersoog, only to hop on a ferry to the island Schiermonnikoog.

From Wikivoyage: Groningen, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Citizen59 from Tunis, Tunisie (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.