Luketz Swartbooi (born 7 February 1966) is a retired Namibian long-distance runner.
Career
editIn 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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.
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