Bernice Steyl

South African athlete

Bernice Steyl married name Bernice Du Plessis (11 May 1911 — 7 July 2008) was a South African track an field athlete specialized in the shot put.[1]

Bernice Steyl
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born11 May 1911
Died7 July 2008
Sport
SportTrack and field athletics
Event(s)shot put

Steyl was, like Marjorie Clark and Barbara Burke, a South African women who was forced by South African administrator to compete overseas in Great Britain.[2][3] She became champion of England after winning the shot put event at the 1930 WAAA Championships.[4]

Steyl married in 1938 to Josias Hendrik Otto du Plessis (1906-1960) who was Administrator of Cape Province. They had one child and she was grandmother. She died on 7 July 2008 at the age of 97. She is burried in Stellenbosch, South Africa.[1][5]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Bernice Steyl du Plessis". findagrave.com. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. "British Athletics Championships 1919-1939". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. Beinart, H. N. (1962). History of South African athletics (1930-1960). p. 35-36.
  4. Routledge Handbook of Sport, Gender and Sexuality. Routledge. 5 March 2014. ISBN 9781136326950. Retrieved 28 July 2022 – via Google Books.
  5. "Bernice Steyl". myheritage.nl. Retrieved 28 July 2022.