Corne du Plessis (born March 20, 1978) is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew 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]
Following the ruling of December 13, 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.
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- 1983: United States
- 1987: United States
- 1991: United States
- 1993: United States
- 1995: Canada
- 1997: Canada
- 1999: United States
- 2001: South Africa
- 2003: United States
- 2005: France
- 2007: United States
- 2009: Jamaica
- 2011: Jamaica
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Du Plessis, Corne |
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1978-03-20 |
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South Africa
