Corné du Plessis
Appearance
(Redirected from Corne Du Plessis)
Medal record | ||
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Representing South Africa | ||
Men's athletics | ||
World Championships | ||
2001 Edmonton | 4x100 m relay | |
Summer Universiade | ||
2001 Beijing | 200 m | |
African Championships | ||
2008 Addis Ababa | 4x100m relay |
Corné du Plessis (born 20 March 1978) is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel, Lee-Roy Newton and Mathew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Their time of 38.47 seconds was a South African record.[1] Earlier in the season he won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2001 Summer Universiade.[2]
Following the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified Tim Montgomery and henceforth the American team, the South African team were promoted to gold medallists.[3] Du Plessis won another relay gold medal with South Africa at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics.
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing South Africa | |||||
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 33rd (h) | 200 m | 20.92 |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.47 | |||
Universiade | Beijing, China | 7th | 100 m | 10.54 | |
3rd | 200 m | 20.58 | |||
2008 | African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 10th (sf) | 200 m | 21.48 |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.75 |
Personal bests
[edit]- 100 metres - 10.25 (2001)
- 200 metres - 20.39 (2001)
References
[edit]- ^ South African Records - Outdoor Archived 31 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ World Student Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-08.
- ^ SA awarded 2001 worlds gold medal . BBC Sport (22 November 2006). Retrieved on 2010-06-08.
External links
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Categories:
- South African male sprinters
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Afrikaner people
- South African people of Dutch descent
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for South Africa
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
- South African athletics biography stubs