Stephanus ("Fanie") Johannes du Plessis (23 February 1930 – 13 August 2001) was a discus thrower and shot putter, who represented South Africa at two Summer Olympics in 1956 and 1960.
Stephanus ("Fanie") Johannes du Plessis was born on 23 February 1930 in Lichtenburg, South Africa.
As an athlete he specialised in the throwing events and had international success in two disciplines, the discus and the shot put.
Before South Africa was banned from the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games, Plessis represented his country in both arena.
[2] In the final two Commonwealth Games that South Africa competed in before their ban, Fanie du Plessis dominated the men's discus-throw.