Luketz Swartbooi
Appearance
Luketz Swartbooi (born 7 February 1966) is a retired Namibian long-distance runner.
Career
[edit]In 1992 Swartbooi won the Rössing Marathon with a time of 2:11:23 min, a record that still[update] stands. At the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart he won silver in the marathon. Swartbooi set his personal best in Boston 1994 in 2:09:08 min, finishing 3rd. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he finished 48th.[1]
In 2005 Swartbooi received a public warning from the IAAF for testing positive for prednisolone/prednisone.[2]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Namibia | |||||
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | — | Marathon | DNF |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | Marathon | 2:14:11 |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | — | Marathon | DNF |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 48th | Marathon | 2:22:55 |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 28th | Marathon | 2:25:40 |
2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 5th | Marathon | 2:13:40 |
References
[edit]- ^ "'Training Makes You Better': Swartbooi". The Namibian. 25 February 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2006-04-01.
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External links
[edit]- Luketz Swartbooi at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luketz Swartbooi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Olympic athletes for Namibia
- Namibian male marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Namibia
- Namibian male long-distance runners
- 20th-century Namibian people
- 21st-century Namibian people
- 21st-century Namibian sportsmen
- Southern African athletics biography stubs
- Namibian sportspeople stubs