- Marius Corbett
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Marius Corbett Personal information Born September 26, 1975 Medal recordMen’s Athletics Competitor for South Africa
World Championships Gold 1997 Athens Javelin Universiade Gold 1997 Catania Javelin Marius Corbett (born September 26, 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 with 4.50 m during the contest. The following year he threw 88.75 to win the 1998 Commonwealth Games, his result still standing as an African record.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing South Africa
1994 World Junior Championships Lisbon, Portugal 1st 77.98 m 1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 1st 88.40 m 1998 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1st 79.82 m 1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st 88.75 m 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 22nd 76.34 m External reference
- IAAF profile for Marius Corbett
World Champions in Men's Javelin Throw 1983: Detlef Michel (GDR) • 1987: Seppo Räty (FIN) • 1991: Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) • 1993: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1995: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1997: Marius Corbett (RSA) • 1999: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 2001: Jan Železný (CZE) • 2003: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2005: Andrus Värnik (EST) • 2007: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) • 2009: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2011: Matthias de Zordo (GER)
1930: Stan Lay (NZL) • 1934: Bob Dixon (CAN) • 1938: Jim Courtwright (CAN) • 1950: Leo Roininen (CAN) • 1954: James Achurch (AUS) • 1958: Colin Smith (ENG) • 1962: Alf Mitchell (AUS) • 1966: John FitzSimons (ENG) • 1970: Dave Travis (ENG) • 1974: Charles Clover (ENG) • 1978: Phil Olsen (CAN) • 1982: Michael O'Rourke (NZL) • 1986: David Ottley (ENG) • 1990: Steve Backley (ENG) • 1994: Steve Backley (ENG) • 1998: Marius Corbett (RSA) • 2002: Steve Backley (ENG) • 2006: Nick Nieland (ENG) • 2010: Jarrod Bannister (AUS)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Javelin Throw 1959: Hermann Salomon (FRG) • 1961: Gergely Kulcsár (HUN) • 1963: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1965: Rolf Herings (FRG) • 1967: Dave Travis (GBR) • 1970: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1973: Jānis Zirnis (URS) • 1975: Gheorghe Megelea (ROM) • 1977: Vasiliy Yershov (URS) • 1979: Helmut Schreiber (FRG) • 1981 – 1983: Dainis Kūla (URS) • 1985: Dumitru Negoiţă (ROM) • 1987: Marek Kaleta (URS) • 1989 – 1991: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1993: Louis Fouché (RSA) • 1995: Zhang Lianbiao (CHN) • 1997: Marius Corbett (RSA) • 1999 – 2001: Ēriks Rags (LAT) • 2003: Igor Janik (POL) • 2005: Ainārs Kovals (LAT) • 2007: Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT) • 2009: Ainārs Kovals (LAT) • 2011: Fatih Avan (TUR)
1965: Anthony Oyakhire (NGR) • 1973: Jacques Ayé Abehi (CIV) • 1978 – 1987: Justin Arop (UGA) • 1991: Christian Okemefula (NGR) • 1995: Pius Bazighe (NGR) • 1999: Marius Corbett (RSA) • 2003: Gerhardus Pienaar (RSA) • 2007: John Robert Oosthuizen (RSA) • 2011: Julius Yego (KEN)
Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- South African javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- South African athletics biography stubs
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