Luketz Swartbooi
Luketz Swartbooi | |||||||
nation | Namibia | ||||||
birthday | February 7, 1966 | ||||||
place of birth | South West Africa | ||||||
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discipline | marathon | ||||||
Best performance | 2:09:08 h | ||||||
National squad | since ? | ||||||
status | resigned | ||||||
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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
- Luketz Swartbooi in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Luketz Swartbooi in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.arrs.run/HP_SwakMa.htm
- ^ Doping Rule Violation , IAAF March 8, 2006
- ↑ I want to create the next champion runners - Swartbooi. The Villager, November 3, 2017.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Swartbooi, Luketz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Namibian long-distance runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | South West Africa |