Richard Murray

Born in Cape Town in 1989, and grew up on a farm in Rondekuil, just outside of Durbanville  – Richard Murray – a Professional Triathlete who has been to 2 Olympic Games and achieved 3 World Champion Titles. He went to both Paul Roos Gymnasium and Fairmont High Schools and went to study sports coaching and conditioning at ETA Stellenbosch after school.

In the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won a silver medal in the mixed relay - with Gillian Sanders, Kate Roberts and Henri Schoeman. All four athletes on a team must complete a super-sprint triathlon - 300m swim, approx 6.6km bike and 1km run - before tagging off to a teammate. At the 2012 Summer Olympics men's triathlon on Tuesday, 7 August, he placed 17th. 

In the triathlon event at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Richard finished in 4th place - 7 seconds behind his South African team-mate Henri Schoeman.