Marius Corbett
South African javelin thrower
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Born | (1975-09-26) 26 September 1975 (age 48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marius Corbett (born 26 September 1975 in Potchefstroom) is a South African javelin thrower. He won a gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, improving his personal best by 4.50 m during the contest.[1] The following year he threw 88.75 m (291 ft 2 in) to win the 1998 Commonwealth Games, which stands as the Commonwealth Games Record and was also the African record until Julius Yego's throw of 91.39 on 7 June 2015 in Birmingham.
After his retirement from athletics he played 1st Division Currie Cup Rugby in South Africa.
Seasonal bests by year
- 1993 - 73.00
- 1994 - 77.98
- 1996 - 74.94
- 1997 - 88.40
- 1998 - 88.75
- 1999 - 87.17
- 2000 - 83.43
- 2001 - 80.91
- 2004 - 70.17
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing South Africa | ||||
1994 | African Junior Championships | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | 74.42 m |
World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 1st | 77.98 m | |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | 88.40 m |
Universiade | Catania, Italy | 1st | 86.50 m | |
1998 | African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | 1st | 79.82 m |
Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 1st | 88.75 m GR | |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 22nd (q) | 76.34 m |
All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 1st | 78.74 m |
References
- ^ van der Walt, Sarel. "Corbett's javelin ready to sail". news24.com. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
External links
- Marius Corbett at World Athletics
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World champions in men's javelin throw
- 1983: Detlef Michel (GDR)
- 1987: Seppo Räty (FIN)
- 1991: Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)
- 1993: Jan Železný (CZE)
- 1995: Jan Železný (CZE)
- 1997: Marius Corbett (RSA)
- 1999: Aki Parviainen (FIN)
- 2001: Jan Železný (CZE)
- 2003: Sergey Makarov (RUS)
- 2005: Andrus Värnik (EST)
- 2007: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)
- 2009: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
- 2011: Matthias de Zordo (GER)
- 2013: Vítězslav Veselý (CZE)
- 2015: Julius Yego (KEN)
- 2017: Johannes Vetter (GER)
- 2019: Anderson Peters (GRN)
- 2022: Anderson Peters (GRN)
- 2023: Neeraj Chopra (IND)
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