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Medal record 
Okkert BritsMen's Athletics Competitor for 
South AfricaWorld Championships Silver 2003 Paris Pole vault World Indoor Championships Bronze 1995 Barcelona Pole vault Commonwealth Games Gold 2002 Manchester Pole vault Okkert Brits (born August 22, 1973 in Uitenhage) is a South African athlete competing in the pole vault. His current personal best of 6.03m, set in 1995, is also the African record. He has won numerous medals at international events. He has competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing 7th in 2000. Married to Jane Gillespie in 2003 and father of Sarah Jane Brits, born in 2005 and David Okkert Brits born in 2006. In 2009, Okkert Brits took part in the 3rd season of Survivor: South Africa.
Major achievements
- 1st IAAF World Athletics Final - silver medal
- 2003 World Championships in Athletics - silver medal
- 2002 Commonwealth Games - gold medal
- 1998 African Championships in Athletics - gold medal
- 1995 All Africa Games - gold medal
- 1995 World Championships in Athletics - fourth place
- 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships - bronze medal
- 1993 African Championships in Athletics - gold medal
- 1992 African Championships in Athletics - gold medal
Other achievements include top performances in IAAF World Cups and Grand Prix Finals.
See also
- List of pole vaulters who reached 6 meters
- List of champions of Africa of athletics
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
World number 1 Pole vaulter 2003
External reference
IAAF profile for Okkert Brits
Sporting positions Preceded by
Sergey BubkaMen's Pole Vault Best Year Performance
1995Succeeded by
Sergey Bubka
1930: Victor Pickard (CAN) • 1934: Syl Apps (CAN) • 1938: Andries du Plessis (SAF) • 1950: Tim Anderson (ENG) • 1954 – 1958: Geoff Elliott (ENG) • 1962 – 1966: Trevor Bickle (AUS) • 1970: Mike Bull (NIR) • 1974: Don Baird (AUS) • 1978: Bruce Simpson (CAN) • 1982: Ray Boyd (AUS) • 1986: Andy Ashurst (ENG) • 1990: Simon Arkell (AUS) • 1994: Neil Winter (WAL) • 1998: Riaan Botha (RSA) • 2002: Okkert Brits (RSA) • 2006 – 2010: Steven Hooker (AUS)
1965: Brou Elloé (CIV) • 1973: Mohamed Alaa Ghita (EGY) • 1978: Lakhdar Rahal (ALG) • 1987: Choukri Abahnini (TUN) • 1991: Sami Si Mohamed (ALG) • 1995: Okkert Brits (RSA) • 1999: Okkert Brits (RSA) • 2003: Béchir Zaghouani (TUN) • 2007: Abderrahmane Tamada (TUN) • 2011: Larbi Bouraada (ALG)
1977: Mike Tully (USA) • 1979: Mike Tully (USA) • 1981: Konstantin Volkov (URS) • 1985: Sergey Bubka (URS) • 1989: Philippe Collet (FRA) • 1992: Igor Potapovich (KAZ) • 1994: Okkert Brits (RSA) • 1998: Maksim Tarasov (RUS) • 2002: Okkert Brits (RSA) • 2006: Steven Hooker (AUS) • 2010: Steven Hooker (AUS)
Categories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- South African pole vaulters
- South African people of Dutch descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of South Africa
- Doping cases in athletics
- South African sportspeople in doping cases
- South African athletics biography stubs
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