Marius Corbett
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Born | 26 September 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marius Corbett (born 26 September 1975 in Potchefstroom) is a South African javelin thrower. He won a surprise gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, improving his personal best by 4.50 m during the contest. 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 June 7, 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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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
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- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Potchefstroom
- South African male javelin throwers
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- African Games gold medalists for South Africa
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games
- Universiade gold medalists for South Africa
- World Athletics Championships winners
- South African athletics biography stubs