Luketz Swartbooi

Luketz Swartbooi (born 7 February 1966) is a retired Namibian long-distance runner.

Career

In 1992 Swartbooi won the Rössing Marathon with a time of 2:11:23 min, a record that still 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

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

"'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

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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[1] "'Training Makes You Better': Swartbooi". The Namibian. 25 February 2014.

[2] "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)