Dyan Buis

{{short description|South African Paralympic athlete}}

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{{MedalSport | Track and field (athletics)}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Men's 400m T38}}

{{MedalSilver| 2012 London | Men's 100m T38}}

{{MedalSilver| 2012 London | Men's 200m T38}}

{{MedalBronze| 2012 London | Long jump F37-38}}

{{MedalCompetition|IPC World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Lyon|Men's 100m - T38}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Lyon|Men's 200m - T38}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Doha|Men's 200m - T38}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Doha|Men's long jump - T38}}

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Dyan Neille Buis (born 30 November 1990 in Riversdale, Western Cape) is a South African Paralympic sprint runner and long jumper. He has mild cerebral palsy and competes in the T38 class.{{citation |url=http://www.paralympic.org/Athletes/Biographies|publisher=IPC|title=Dyan Buis|accessdate=6 September 2012}}

In 2012, Buis was a student at Global University in Cape Town, RSA, in Religious and Theological Studies, and trained at Maties Helderberg Disabled Sports Club in Stellenbosch. He competed at the 2012 Paralympic Games, where he won a bronze medal in the men's long jump with a world record time for his class of 6.48 metres. He also won a silver medal in the Men's 100m for his class.

In 2016, at the 2016 Paralympics, Buis ran a 54.66 in the second heat to qualify third for the finals behind Dixon de Jesus Hooker Velasquez and Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera both from Colombia. In the Finals, Buis set a new personal best of 49.46 seconds and won Gold. The second place went to China's Jianwen Hu and third to Colombia's Weiner Javier Diaz Mosquera.{{citation|url=http://www.necn.com/09/05/12/PARA-SA-LD-WRAP-by-Jenny-Bernstein/landing_nation.html?apID=fdf48ede0d25447681df2b21d8415755|title=PARA-SA-LD-WRAP|author=Bernstein, Jenny|accessdate=7 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130130032606/http://www.necn.com/09/05/12/PARA-SA-LD-WRAP-by-Jenny-Bernstein/landing_nation.html?apID=fdf48ede0d25447681df2b21d8415755|archivedate=30 January 2013}}