Impi Visser | |
Fullname: | Impi Brecher Visser |
Birth Date: | 30 May 1995 |
Birth Place: | Pongola, South Africa |
School: | Hoërskool Ermelo |
University: | University of Pretoria |
Position: | Centre |
Youthyears1: | 2012–2013 |
Youthyears2: | 2014–2016 |
Amatyears1: | 2015–2017 |
Repyears1: | 2018–present |
Repteam1: | South Africa Sevens |
Repcaps1: | 55 |
Reppoints1: | 65 |
Clubupdate: | 1 December 2018 |
Repupdate: | 1 December 2018 |
Impi Brecher Visser (born 30 May 1995) is a South African rugby sevens player for the South Africa national team in the World Rugby Sevens Series.[1] In sevens he usually plays as a forward, but is a centre in fifteen-a-side rugby.
Visser also played rugby union for the at youth level, initially as a scrum-half before making a move to the centre. He played for the, university side in the Varsity Cup, winning the competition in the 2017 season and also going on representing the Varsity Cup dream team during that same year in an exhibition match against the Junior Springboks.
"Impi", a zulu word, meaning a group of warriors, is not a nickname, but his given name.[2] He has a degree in mechanical engineering.
In 2022, He was part of the South African team that won their second Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham.[3] [4] [5] [6]
He competed for South Africa at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.[7] [8] They defeated Australia to win the bronze medal final.[9] [10]