Corné du Plessis

Corné du Plessis (born 20 March 1978) is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel, Lee-Roy Newton and Mathew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Their time of 38.47 seconds was a South African record.[1] Earlier in the season he won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2001 Summer Universiade.[2]

Corné du Plessis
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Men's athletics
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Edmonton4x100 m relay
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2001 Beijing200 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 Addis Ababa4x100m relay

Following the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified Tim Montgomery and henceforth the American team, the South African team were promoted to gold medallists.[3] Du Plessis won another relay gold medal with South Africa at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics.

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  South Africa
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 33rd (h) 200 m 20.92
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.47
Universiade Beijing, China 7th 100 m 10.54
3rd 200 m 20.58
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 10th (sf) 200 m 21.48
1st 4 × 100 m relay 38.75

Personal bests

References
  1. South African Records - Outdoor Archived 31 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  2. World Student Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-08.
  3. SA awarded 2001 worlds gold medal . BBC Sport (22 November 2006). Retrieved on 2010-06-08.


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