Luketz Swartbooi

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Luketz Swartbooi athletics
nation NamibiaNamibia Namibia
birthday February 7, 1966
place of birth South West Africa
Career
discipline marathon
Best performance 2:09:08 h
National squad since ?
status resigned
Medal table
Type of medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World Athletics Championships
silver Stuttgart 1993 marathon

Luketz Swartbooi (born February 7, 1966 in South West Africa ) is a former Namibian long-distance runner .

In 1992 he started at the Olympic marathon in Barcelona, ​​but did not reach the goal. He celebrated his greatest success at the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 , when he finished second behind Mark Plaatjes (USA) in the marathon . In 1994 he ran his best time of 2:09:08 h at the Boston Marathon . At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney he came in 48th place.

Swartbooi won the Lucky Star Marathon in Swakopmund six times , the first time in 1992 with the national record of 2:10:01 h, most recently in 2004. At the Soweto Marathon in Johannesburg in 2005 Swartbooi tested positive for prednisolone and prednisone . He was disqualified and warned by the IAAF for violating the doping regulations .

Swartbooi also competed over 5000 meters, in the half marathon and over 3000 meters in the hall.

He trains (as of 2017) the Namibian long-distance youngsters.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.arrs.run/HP_SwakMa.htm
  2. ^ Doping Rule Violation , IAAF March 8, 2006
  3. I want to create the next champion runners - Swartbooi. The Villager, November 3, 2017.