Corne Du Plessis

Medal record
Competitor for  South Africa
Men's athletics
World Championships
Gold	2001 Edmonton	4x100 m relay

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.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  South Africa
2001	World Student Games	Beijing, PR China	3rd	200 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	5th (heats)	200 m
			1st	4 x 100 metres relay
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	4 x 100 metres relay

Personal bests

• 100 metres - 10.25 (2001)
• 200 metres - 20.39 (2001)

References

1. ^ South African Records - Outdoor
2. ^ World Student Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-08.
3. ^ SA awarded 2001 worlds gold medal . BBC Sport (2006-11-22). Retrieved on 2010-06-08.

General

• IAAF profile for Corne Du Plessis

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Name	Du Plessis, Corne
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Date of birth	1978-03-20
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