Arnaud Malherbe
Arnaud Malherbe (born November 20, 1972 ) is a former South African sprinter .
In the 400-meter run , he took part in three World Athletics Championships and two Olympic Games between 1995 and 2000 . Except at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , where he was eliminated in the preliminary round, he always reached the quarter-finals. In addition, he was from 1996 to 1999 four times in a row South African champions over this distance.
Malherbe's greatest international success was winning the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay at the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville . The South African team in the line-up Jopie van Oudtshoorn , Hendrick Mokganyetsi , Adriaan Botha and Arnaud Malherbe reached the goal in the national record time of 3: 00.20 minutes only as fourth. The originally victorious US relay team was subsequently disqualified for a doping offense by their runner Antonio Pettigrew , so that the South African quartet moved up one place in the ranking.
Arnaud Malherbe is 1.87 m tall and had a competition weight of 69 kg.
Top performances
- 400 m: 44.59 s, March 19, 1999, Roodepoort
Web links
- Arnaud Malherbe in the database of World Athletics (English)
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| SURNAME | Malherbe, Arnaud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1972 |