Thursday, 12 April 2012

Celebrity in the making

Citius, Altius, Fortius                 

official 2012 Olympic rings , source: www.techfleece.com

Most people do not know her and what she does, she is one of our very own that’s soon going to makes us proud because of her achievements. Rene Kalmer is still unknown to many but the few that know her, know that she is a rising start in the making.
Unlike some athletes running did not come naturally, it was something she fell into. It all began when she was 10 years old when her teacher suggested that the entire school should run the cross country race and also when she made it into the Transvaal B team for the 1993 Cross Country Championship. This was when she found her love for running in the marathon and never stopped ever since.
victoyr smile source:wwwgalloimages.co.za
She has competed in a number of athletic events mainly marathons and in some she did not win and in others she did. Despite her loses, she never gave up but continued to do her best and improved her running. Her first international participation was at African Junior Athletics Championship in 1997, where she came third and received her first international medal for both the 1500 and 3000 metres events.

She started to compete again internationally but this time as a senior at the 2001 International Amateur Athletics Federation World Cross Country Championship, where she came 30th in the race. Always striving to be the best at what she does, she continued her work and also participated in a whole lot of athletics meetings, locally and internationally.

Recently she participated in the Two Ocean half-marathon, where she won first place with a record of an hour, fifteen minutes and two seconds(1:15:02), which made her hold a record of over 12000 finisher of the race. Now that she will be representing South Africa at the Olympic games 2012 in London on the 5th of August, she surely will make all of us proud as a nation. Like the Olympic Motto says "Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger)" and to the top is where she is headed. A true celebrity in her own nature.



sources : www.mg.co.za www.runnersworld.co.za www.en.wikipedia.org
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8 comments:

  1. AluOne19 April 2012 at 02:06

    hope she makes us proud at the Olympic's and puts SA on the map with a gold medal if not a silver!

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    1. Michelle19 April 2012 at 05:44

      The country is 100% behind her, all that needs to happen is for us as a nation creat more publicity for her so that morw people can be aware of the great achievement she has accomplished, which is the honour of representing us as a nation at the 2012 Olypic Games.

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  2. Michelle19 April 2012 at 04:33

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  3. moimane19 April 2012 at 04:58

    Thank you very much for the good information that I was not aware of. It is true that she is not well know yet,but i quess her effort and commitment to her running will lobby the media to follow her(publish and broadcast) about what she is doing. I believe she will do more better in future when everyone is behind her.

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    1. Michelle19 April 2012 at 05:47

      I am glad that you have mentioned that, I hope it has created more publicity for her and now many people will start to recognize her.

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  4. Unknown19 April 2012 at 05:00

    taking resposibility for her actions is the only thing she could do to get a good reputation.hope she learned.

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    1. Michelle19 April 2012 at 05:49

      She also needs us to back her up in order for her to perform well in the Olympics

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  5. Unknown20 April 2012 at 01:15

    Well its true when they say you have to start somewhere to be somewhere. She really is an unknown hero but ofcourse heading there. All the best to her and hope that she will really make us proud.

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