| 词条 | Okkert Brits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| image = okkertbrits.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = | medals ={{Medal|Sport | Men's athletics}}{{Medal|Country | {{RSA}} }}{{Medal|Competition | World Championships}}{{Medal|Silver | 2003 Paris|Pole vault}}{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}{{Medal|Bronze | 1995 Barcelona|Pole vault}}{{Medal|Competition | Commonwealth Games}}{{Medal|Gold | 2002 Manchester | Pole vault}}{{Medal|Competition|All-Africa Games}}{{Medal|Gold | 1995 Harare | Pole vault}}{{Medal|Gold | 1999 Johannesburg | Pole vault}}{{Medal|Competition | African Championships}}{{Medal|Gold | 1992 Belle-Vue | Pole vault}}{{Medal|Gold | 1993 Durban | Pole vault}}{{Medal|Gold | 1998 Dakar | Pole vault}}{{Medal|Gold | 2006 Bambous | Pole vault}} }} Okkert Brits (born 22 August 1973 in Uitenhage) is a former South African track and field athlete who specialized in the pole vault. He was the silver medallist at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003. He was a four-time champion at the African Championships in Athletics and twice champion at the All-Africa Games. He was a gold medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and took bronze at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His personal best of 6.03 m, set in 1995, is the African record. This made him the first African in the 6 metres club of vaulters. He competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing seventh in 2000. He ranked number one in the world for the 1995 season. 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 and his (close friend) Elizabeth Ann Morris took part in the 3rd season of Survivor: South Africa, In January 2003, Brits tested positive for a banned substance ephedrine, which he claimed must have been in the energy supplement he took. For its being his first offense and ephedrine only being a stimulant, he was only given a public warning.[1][2] Competition record
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/sport/okkert-innocent-or-just-ignorant-1.523209 |title=Okkert: Innocent or just ignorant?|publisher=iol.co.za|date=15 February 2003|accessdate=2012-08-28}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/the-bitter-taste-of-victory-1.1328179 |title=The bitter taste of victory|publisher=iol.co.za|date=26 June 2012|accessdate=2012-08-28}} External links
20 : 1973 births|Living people|People from Uitenhage|Afrikaner people|South African male pole vaulters|Olympic athletes of South Africa|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|Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa|Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa|Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics|Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|World Championships in Athletics athletes for South Africa|World Championships in Athletics medalists|Doping cases in athletics|South African sportspeople in doping cases|African Games gold medalists for South Africa|African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) |
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