In 2012 he was the youth champion; 2013-2014 the junior champion and this year he is the SA Students and SA Under-23 champion.
He is also a more than capable triple jumper who has won gold, silver and bronze medals at the various national championships during the past four years.
It should, therefore, be no surprise that he is ranked among the top ten on the all-time list for South African junior and youth athletes, in the long jump as well as the triple jump. He has also represented South Africa at both the youth and junior world championships.
This season the 20-year-old Boer qualified to represent South Africa at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea in July, but eventually he was not selected.
The Tuks/HPC athlete is far from despondent about his non-selection.
“I have picked up a few injury niggles over the past few years which have become a constant handicap because there was never enough time for them to fully recover,” said Boer.
“The fact that I am not going to the Student Games means that I will finally have time to do proper rehabilitation and sort out the little flaws in my technique. It is important to be at my best next year because of the Olympics.”
