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For the 2019 edition, du Preez won a bronze in time trial and was sixth in road race. For the
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as a T51 competitor, du Preez was seventh in the 200m and eighth in the 100m.
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Prior to competing at the Summer
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Laureus World Sports Award for
Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability
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985:"Paris 2023 Para Athletics World Championships Men's 100m T51 Final"
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in 2008 and was a seven-time winner at the event during the 2010s.
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Du Preez was born in 1979 or 1980 and spent his childhood in
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from a fall. Du Preez is married and has one child.
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541:. He graduated with a
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797:"DU PREEZ Pieter"
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