Simnikiwe Bosman dislocated his knee during a local rugby derby in Makhanda in 2021. The damage caused by the complicated injury led to his right leg being amputated  – changing the course of his life forever. Rugby was his passion.

In 2022, he became a Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund beneficiary and, after a period of adjustment to life as a prosthetic device user, Simnikiwe was fitted with his first sports prosthesis, also known as a Cheetah Running Blade, that same year.

He subsequently joined the team at Stirling Biokinetics to help him prepare for his debut performance in Para Athletics at the 2023 Toyota SASAPD National Championships in Cape Town where he participated in field athletics and tried out track running for the first time.

After matriculating from Graeme College, Simnikiwe embarked on his tertiary education and is currently studying Information Technology.

At the start of 2025, Simnikiwe was one of three young South Africans selected to participate in the Dream Program in South Korea where he had the opportunity to train in various winter sports codes. He has remained part of the Jumping Kids initiative as a valued role model and volunteer.

HIGHLIGHTS since becoming a Jumping Kids beneficiary…

• Represented South Africa at the 2025 edition of the Dream Program in South Korea.
• Selected to (unofficially) represent the Eastern Cape at the 2023 Toyota SASAPD National Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, where Simnikiwe tried Para athletics for the first time in a competitive setting.
• Joined the Stirling Biokinetics team to prepare for his Toyota SASAPD National Championships debut in Cape Town in 2023.
• Had the opportunity to meet his rugby hero, Malcolm Marx, at King Edward VII School in 2022 when he visited Gauteng to be fitted with his first sports prosthesis.
• Became a beneficiary of the Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund in 2022 and was fitted with his first walking prosthesis.
• Selected to play first team rugby for Graeme College in 2021.

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