Chederick van Wyk

Chederick van Wyk
Personal information
Nationality	South African
Born	18 February 1995; PRIESKA
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Events	100 metres; 200 metress
Club	NWU

Chederick van Wyk (born 18 February 1995) is a sprinter from Prieska, a remote and rural town deep in the Karoo in the Northern Cape of South Africa

Career

Van Wyk won the silver medal during 2019 IAAF World Relays, with the African record in the 4 × 200 metres relay.

During the 2019 Universiade in Naples, he won two more silver medals, 100 m and 200 m, just behind Paulo André de Oliveira.^[1]^[2]

Van Wyk was part of South Africa’s men’s quartet at the Tokyo Summer Olympic games in 2021 including Clarence Munyai, Shaun Maswanganyi and Akani Simbine. Munyai and Maswanganyi struggled to exchange and dropped the baton and therefore did not finish (DNF) the race and failed to progress to the final.^[3]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing South Africa
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	2nd	4 × 200 m relay	1:20.42
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	2nd	100 m	10.23
			2nd	200 m	20.44
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	6th	100 m	10.31
			18th (sf)	200 m	21.22
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.80
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF