PERSONAL DETAILS
Leana Niemand is 49 years old and
lives in Cape Town, South Africa. She is a Professional Property Valuer by
profession and has been running her own business known as “Valuation Services”
for the past 11 years.
Leana is interested, and partakes, in various sports such as running, cycling, hiking, diving and dragon boat racing. She is currently a member of the local running club know as West Coast Running Club and she is also a member of the Meridian Hiking Club.
Leana also rows for the Cape Town based
Mujaji Dragon boat
team.
Although none of the above sports are done on a competitive basis, but purely for the adventure and enjoyment, it still requires daily training in order to keep enjoying these activities.
Leana has run the London and New York Marathons and various other local
Marathons, including 10 Cape Town marathons. She as also complete 8 Argus Cycle
Tours (105km) as well as the Double Century, a 215km race.
The Tour d’Afrique will, however, by far, be the most challenging event ever
undertaken by her and will be a real test of stamina and endurance.