The Union of South Africa competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.
 55 competitors, 53 men and 2 women, took part in 46 events in 12 sports.
 After these Olympics, the International Olympic Committee banned South Africa from the Olympic Movement over the policy of apartheid, making these the last Olympics at which South Africa would compete until the repeal of apartheid and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Alfredo Gregorio "Al" Asuncion (October 2, 1929 – May 2, 2006, General Tinio, Nueva Ecija) was a Filipino boxer.
 He represented his country during the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.
 He participated in the Olympics as a flyweight.
 In the first round he won by knockout over Burmese boxer Basil Thompson, but lost in the second round to Willie Toweel of the South Africa.
Willie Michael Toweel (born 6 April 1934) is a former boxer from South Africa, who won the bronze medal in the flyweight division (– 51 kg) at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
Herbert Basil Sutton Cooke {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 17 October 1915) is a Canadian geologist and palaeontologist, and Emeritus Professor at Dalhousie University.
 Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was educated at King Edward VII School before earning a B.A. (1936) and M.A. (1940) at Cambridge University, and M.Sc.
 (1940) and D.Sc.
 (1947) at the University of the Witwatersrand.
 He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa in 1948 for his contributions to Quaternary geology.
 He is known for his studies of fossil pigs and other even-toed ungulates of Africa.
 A "festschrift" in honor of his life and contributions was published in "Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa" in 2006.
 He received the Canadian Centennial Medal (1967) and Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal (2002) for his contributions to education.
 Other honors include being a Life Fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa, an honorary Life Member of the Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa, past president and Life Member of both the South African Geographical Society and the South African Archaeological Society, and past vice-president of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science.
 His books include "Geology for South African Students", co-written with G. N. G. Hamilton and published in five editions since 1939, and "The Evolution of African Mammals" (1978), co-edited with V. J. Maglio.
 He turned 100 in October 2015.
The 2005 Under-21 Rugby World Championship took place in Argentina between 9 June and 25 June 2005.
 The 2005 championship was the fourth contested.
 This championship saw South Africa win the final over Australia 24–20.
Events that have occurred or will occur in 2016 in South Africa.
 The incumbent President of South Africa is Jacob Zuma who was first elected in 2009 and was re-elected in 2014.
 Politically, South Africa has held municipal elections in 2016.
 The political party with the majority in most municipalities in South Africa is the African National Congress, however, the Democratic Alliance managed to gain the key metros of Johannesburg, Pretoria and Port Elizabeth.
 In international sport, a South African team of 68 athletes competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
 South Africa also hosted the African football tournament, 2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations in April.
Snowboarding is a sport at the Winter Olympic Games.
 It was first included in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
 Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic program between 1992 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event.
 In 1998, four events, two for men and two for women, were held in two specialities: the giant slalom, a downhill event similar to giant slalom skiing; and the half-pipe, in which competitors perform tricks while going from one side of a semi-circular ditch to the other.
 Canadian Ross Rebagliati won the men's giant slalom and became the first athlete to win a gold medal in snowboarding.
 Rebagliati was briefly stripped of his medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after testing positive for marijuana.
 However, the IOC's decision was reverted following an appeal from the Canadian Olympic Association.
 For the 2002 Winter Olympics, giant slalom was expanded to add head-to-head racing and was renamed parallel giant slalom.
 In 2006, a third event, the snowboard cross, was held for the first time.
 In this event, competitors race against each other down a course with jumps, beams and other obstacles.
 On July 11, 2011, the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board approved the addition of Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle to the Winter Olympics roster of events, effective in 2014.
 The decision was announced via press conference from the IOC's meeting in Durban, South Africa.
 A fifth event, parallel slalom, was added be in 2014.
Johnny "Smiler" van Rensburg (9 May 1932 — 28 October 2010 (aged 78)) born in Lichtenburg was a South African amateur bantamweight and professional light/light welter/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1950s and '60s who as an amateur won the gold medal at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, and represented South Africa at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, losing to Américo Bonetti of Argentina, and as a professional won the Transvaal (South Africa) (White) lightweight title, South African lightweight title, South African welterweight title, British Empire lightweight title, and British Empire welterweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 132 lb , i.e. lightweight to 148 lb , i.e. Middleweight, he died in Roodepoort, South Africa.
Mr Gay South Africa is a registered and trademarked competition founded in 2009 to present a professional competition for gay men in South Africa – a role model and a representative of which the entire LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersex) community can be proud of.
 Both the 2009 and 2010 winners, Charl van den Berg and Francois Nel, went on to win the Mr. Gay World title; Charl in Oslo, Norway and Francois in Manila, Philippines.
 The 2011 Mr Gay South Africa, Lance Weyer, was first runner-up when Mr Gay World was hosted by South Africa in Johannesburg in April 2012.
 Mr Gay South Africa 2012 was chosen at a glittering Grand Finale in Pretoria on Saturday 8 December 2012 at the brand new, state-of-the-art Atterbury Theatre at Lynnwood Bridge and would have represented South Africa at Mr Gay World 2013, in August 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium.
 He is 23-year-old Jason Rogers from Pretoria.
 Rogers has since resigned, citing work and study commitments preventing him from giving his full commitment to the title.
 The first runner-up, Steve Williams, took over the 2012 title since June 2013 and represented South Africa at Mr Gay World 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium.
 The 2013 title holder is Werner de Waal, representing South Africa at Mr. Gay World 2014 in Rome, Italy.
 The competition is defined by the organisation as the search for the ultimate gay male in South Africa.
 Mr Gay South Africa is a heavily promoted role in the country and the title holder takes his job of educating, informing and campaigning to the public at large seriously.
 The winner represents South Africa at the annual Mr Gay World competition.
Marilyn Agliotti (born 23 June 1979 in Boksburg, South Africa) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, having previously represented South Africa.
 After her move to the Netherlands and award of a Dutch passport, she represents the Dutch national team.
 She was selected for the 2007 European Championships in Manchester where the Dutch won the silver medal.
 They won the bronze medal at the 2008 Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach.
 She was a member of the Dutch team that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and won the gold medal.
 She was also a member of the Dutch team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
 Agliotti is married to another woman.
 In an interview with a Dutch magazine she said that the hockey community should be more open about homosexuality.

Question: What medal did Al Asuncion opponent of South Africa win in the Olympics?
Answer: bronze medal