Fanie van der merwe biography of michael
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Graham Daniels: Well, Fanie, Great to have you with us.
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You know the first question. You're always told what it is. What does it mean for you to have your sport and your faith connected to play connected?
What's your answer to that starter?
Fanie van der Merwe: Hi, Graham thanks.
It's good to be with you guys. And yeah. So, I think if you look at my journey.
Fanie van der merwe biography of michael
You know it's undeniable that God open doors for me to come into sport for people with disabilities. And yeah, so that was one of the things I’m thinking back of my your paralympic career was that I wanted to do this with God, and being a Christian, it was never like You're a Christian off the track.
And now, coming onto the practice, you have a different identity. That was one, you know, like I was a Christian on and off the track. And that was my first identity, firstly. and a Son of God and then secondly, a sports