Okkert Brits
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Medal record | ||
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Men's Athletics | ||
Representing South Africa | ||
World Championships | ||
2003 Paris | Pole vault | |
World Indoor Championships | ||
1995 Barcelona | Pole vault | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
2002 Manchester | Pole vault | |
All-Africa Games | ||
1995 Harare | Pole vault | |
1999 Johannesburg | Pole vault | |
African Championships | ||
1992 Belle-Vue | Pole Vault | |
1993 Durban | Pole Vault | |
1998 Dakar | Pole Vault | |
2006 Bambous | Pole Vault |
Okkert Brits (born 22 August 1973 in Uitenhage) is a former South African athlete who specialized in the pole vault.
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Biography
His personal best of 6.03m, set in 1995, is also the African record. He won numerous medals at international events. He competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing 7th in 2000. Married to Jane Gillespie in 2003 and father of Sarah Jane Brits, born in 2005 and David Okkert Brits born in 2006. In 2009, Okkert Brits took part in the 3rd season of Survivor: South Africa.
Competition record
Doping controversy
In January 2003, Brits tested positive for a banned substance ephedrine, which he claimed must have been in the energy supplement he took. For it being his first offense and ephedrine only being a stimulant, he was only given a public warning.[1][2]
See also
- 6 metres club
- List of champions of Africa of athletics
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
World number 1 Pole vaulter 2003
References
External links
- Okkert Brits profile at IAAF
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by | Men's Pole Vault Best Year Performance 1995 |
Succeeded by Sergey Bubka |
- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- Pages with broken file links
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Uitenhage
- Afrikaner people
- South African pole vaulters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of South Africa
- Doping cases in athletics
- South African sportspeople in doping cases
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- Male pole vaulters