Burry Stander

Burry Stander had a short, meteoric cycling career, mostly prominent for his work in mountain biking. He competed at the World Mountain Bike Championships in 2003-04 as a junior and, in 2006, placed 10th at the Commonwealth Games in cross-country. In 2008 he was third at the South African road championships for neo-pros, and was 15th that year at the Olympics in mountain biking. He again competed at the 2012 Olympics and was eighth at the 2012 Worlds in mountain bike cross-country. Sadly, his life and career ended only five months later, when he was hit by a car while training near Shelly Beach in his native South Africa.