Teen die muur hang foto\u2019s en koerant-uitknipsels van atlete, sommige al vergeel van ouderdom. Erens in kas, l\u00ea die hardloopskoene waarmee Kosie Koopman (77) sy eerste groot byeenkoms gewen het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koopman is een van 26 mense wat op Donderdag 13 Maart tydens die Wes-Kaapse jaarlikse sportlegendes-toekennings in die Paarl vereer is vir sy jarelange bydrae tot atletiek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koopman se lewensverhaal is verweef met atletiek en dit is n\u00e1 dekades steeds sy passie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJulle plek in die geskiedenis is verseker, nie oor \u2018n enkele wedstryd, \u2018n rekord of \u2018n kampioenskap nie, maar oor die lewens wat julle verander het. Julle nalatenskap is nie in die verlede nie, maar lewe voort in elke kind waarvoor julle \u2018n mentor was, elke atleet wat julle afgerig het, elke gemeenskap wat julle opgehef het,\u201d het Ricardo Mackenzie, die Wes-Kaapse minister van kultuursake en sport, ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koopman het homself as\u2019t ware \u201cuit\u201d \u2018n moeilike lewe uit gehardloop. \u201cEn daarvoor is ek ons Hemelse Vader ewig dankbaar. Dis net hy wat my al die jare nog krag gee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het sy ma op sewejarige ouderdom verloor en moeilike tye het gevolg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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S\u00f3 benard was dit dat hy soggens en smiddae van asblik tot asblik geloop het op soek na iets te ete.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOns het op Brandwacht gewoon en ek het as ho\u00ebrskoolkind elke dag die 9km tot by Esselen Park Sekond\u00eare Skool gehardloop en smiddae weer terug,\u201d het hy vertel. Sy omstandighede het vererger sodat hy op \u2018n stadium haweloos was en onder \u2018n bos gewoon het. S\u00f3 benard was dit dat hy soggens en smiddae van asblik tot asblik geloop het op soek na iets te ete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018n Man wat hom gereeld gesien het en met hom begin gesels het, het vir hom \u2018n werk by \u2018n vriend se fotografie-onderneming gere\u00ebl. Later het een van die verskaffers gere\u00ebl dat hy \u2018n beurs by die Universiteit van Stellenbosch kry waar hy besigheidsbestuur kon studeer. Hy het sy eie fotografie-onderneming, Starlight Photos, op die been gebring wat floreer het en jare later het hy \u2018n makelaar geword.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy eerste voorsmaak van wedlope was toe ek op laerskool \u2018n 200m wedloop gewen het. Die huistoe-hardlopery het my fiks en lief vir hardloop gemaak. Later was ek die SA-skolekampioen in landloop.\u201d In 1968 wen hy die 10 000m tydens die SA-kampioenskap in Durban. \u201cDit was een van my hoogtepunte. Daardie jare het die bruin, wit en swart atlete apart gehardloop en hulle het na die tyd ons tye vergelyk en \u2018n wenner gekies,\u201d het Koopman vertel. Di\u00e9 hardloopskoene wat hy daardie dag gedra het, bewaar hy veilig in \u2018n kas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daarna het nog vele wedlope gevolg. Hy hou ook die tweede vinnigste tyd in Suid-Afrika in die Caledon-Genadendal Marathon wat \u2018n gewilde wedloop in die 1970\u2019s en \u201880s was. Hy het sy hardloopvriende het die ou Worcester-atletiekklub in 1972 laat herleef en hy het begin om atlete af te rig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daar is sedertdien al honderde atlete deur sy hande, ook groot name soos Farwa Mentoor, wat vyf keer die eerste vrou oor die wenstreep was in die Comrades-marathon en Donovan Wright wat goues ingeoes het in die Comrades en Two Oceans marathons asook die SA-marathonkampioenskap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk het by die toekennings so ver teruggedink aan al die atlete saam met wie ek gewerk het. Dit was spesiaal,\u201d het Koopman ges\u00ea. Hy het talle male \u2018n kind uit moelike omstandighede oorreed om te begin hardloop en hulle sodoende \u2018n blinker toekoms te verseker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op 77 is sy hardloopskoene nie weggepak nie. Hy het die 800m-rekord opgestel in meestersatleteiek (60 – 70 jaar). Hy glimlag as hy s\u00ea hy het planne vir die 70 tot 80 jaar ouderdomsgroep se rekord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aan Koopman se sy is sy geliefde Beaty, wat nie net ondersteuning bied vir haar man nie, maar ook talle ander atlete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs ek dit maklik gehad het as jongmens, sou ek nie gevorder het tot waar ek vandag is nie,\u201d vertel hy. Dis hierdie lesse wat hy oor dekades heen aan atlete leer. Oefen baie hard, wees spaarsamig en slim met jou wengeld, wees dankbaar. Bowenal, help ander wat swaar kry.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKosie Koopman met die hardloopskoene waarmee hy sy eerste groot wedloop gewen het. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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