Chris Harmse

Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  South Africa
Commonwealth Games
Gold	2010 New Delhi	Hammer throw
Bronze	1998 Kuala Lumpur	Hammer throw
Bronze	2006 Melbourne	Hammer throw
All-Africa Games
Gold	1999 Johannesburg	Hammer throw
Gold	2003 Abuja	Hammer throw
Gold	2007 Algiers	Hammer throw
Silver	2011 Maputo	Hammer throw
African Championships
Gold	1998 Dakar	Hammer throw
Gold	2002 Radès	Hammer throw
Gold	2004 Brazzaville	Hammer throw
Gold	2006 Bambous	Hammer throw
Gold	2008 Addis Ababa	Hammer throw

Christiaan ("Chris") Harmse (born 31 May 1973) is a South African hammer thrower. He has broken the African record seven times, and holds the championship record for both the African Championships and All-Africa Games.

He has been a dominant presence in African hammer throwing since his first African Championships in Athletics in 1998 where he took gold with a championship record throw. He then went on to claim four consecutive African titles between 2002–2008, improving his own record along the way. His performances at the All-Africa Games have been equally dominant – he won his first title at the 1999 Games with a Games record and won twice more consecutively in 2003 and 2007, improving his record both times.

Although he won bronze medals at the 1998 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, he has had considerably less success on the world stage – despite four appearances at the World Championships in Athletics in his career, he has never qualified for the final of the event. Furthermore, he has never represented South Africa at the Olympics.

Harmse gained his fifteenth consecutive national hammer throw title at the South Africa Senior Track and Field Championships – a record unmatched by any athlete at the country's national championships.^[1]

His personal best throw is 80.63 metres, achieved in April 2005 in Durban. This is the current African record.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  South Africa
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd
	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	72.11m CR
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	7th
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	74.75 m CR
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	30th	71.57 m
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	5th
2002	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	1st	76.07m CR
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	4th
2003	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	75.17m CR
	Afro Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	1st
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Congo	1st
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	15th	74.37 m
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	3rd	73.81 m
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	77.55 m CR
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	7th	73.94 m
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	76.73 m CR[3]
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	24th	71.07 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	77.72 m (CR)
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	—	NM
2010	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India	1st	73.15 m
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	2nd	74.66 m

References

• IAAF profile for Chris Harmse

1. ^ Ouma, Mark (2010-03-22). Impressive doubling in eThekwini - South African champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-23.
2. ^ Area Outdoor Records - Men - Africa - IAAF.org
3. ^ 2007 All-Africa Games, men's hammer throw final

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Name	Harmse, Chris
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Date of birth	1973-05-31
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