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Corné du Plessis

Corné du Plessis

South African sprinter

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]

Quick Facts Medal record, Representing South Africa ...

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

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Personal bests

References

  1. [1]
    South African Records - Outdoor Archived 31 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    World Student Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-08.
  3. [3]
    SA awarded 2001 worlds gold medal . BBC Sport (22 November 2006). Retrieved on 2010-06-08.


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