Stephan Louw

Stephan Louw

Stephan Louw (born 26 February 1975) is a Namibian long jumper.

At the 2001 Summer Universiade he won the silver medal in long jump and participated in 4 x 100 metres relay. The Namibian relay team, which consisted of Louw, Sherwin Vries, Thobias Akwenye and Benedictus Botha, finished fourth in a new Namibian record of 39.48 seconds. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/cm99.htm Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men)] - GBR Athletics] The same year Louw competed at the World Championships, without reaching the final round. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but all his jumps were invalid.

He finished twelfth at the 2006 African Championships, and won the bronze medal at the 2008 African Championships. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.

His personal best jump is 8,24 metres, achieved in January 2008 in Johannesburg. This is the current Namibian record. [ [http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/AFRIQUE/PLEINAIR/RECNAM.txt Namibian athletics records] ]

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