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Caster wins big at SA Sport Awards

───   MORGAN PIEK 13:53 Mon, 12 Nov 2018

Caster wins big at SA Sport Awards | News Article
Caster Semenya - Roger Sedres

The two-time Olympic 800m gold medallist, Caster Semenya, stole the show in Bloemfontein on Sunday night during the annual South African Sports Awards.


Semenya won no less than three awards on the evening after she was named as the Sports Star of the Year, Sportswoman of the Year, and also voted to win the People’s Choice Award.

The star swimmer Chad le Clos also got recognition by winning the Sportsman of the Year award.

In some of the other awards last night, the national women’s football team, Banyana Banyana, was named as the Team of the Year, Semenya’s coach, Samuel Sepeng, was named as the Coach of the Year, and the swimmer, Tatjana Schoenmaker, was named as the Newcomer of the Year.

Sports star of the year:  Caster Semenya

Sportsman of the year: Chad le Clos

Sportswoman of the Year: Caster Semenya

Sportsman of the year with disability: Mdodozi Ntutu

Sportswoman of the year with disability: Anrune Liebenberg

Team of the year: Banyana Banyana

Newcomer of the year: Tatjana Schoenmaker

Coach of the year: Samuel Sepeng

Volunteer of the year: Linda Hlophe

Indigenous games team of the year: Morabaraba Team

The Recreation body of the year:  Mavu Sport Development

National Federation of the year: Softball

Schools team of the year: St Benedict’s College

Developing school of the year:  Machakela-Mamodibo Secondary School

Sport Administrator of the Year: Virginia Mabaso

People's Choice Award: Caster Semenya


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