Cherise Willeit (née Taylor, previously Stander; born 6 November 1989) is a South African professional road cyclist.

[3] Born in Pretoria, Willeit qualified for the South African squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's two available berths from the UCI World Cup.

[4] She successfully completed a grueling race with a fifty-ninth-place effort, finishing in 3:48:33, surpassing Cuba's Yumari González by a wide, three-minute gap.

Moreover, Cycling South Africa decided to reject her appeal based on the board's scrutiny and decision in the due process and procedures for the national team's final selection.

Stander was killed during a collision with a taxi while training near his residence in Shelly Beach the following year.