Luketz Swartbooi

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Luketz Swartbooi (born 7 February 1966) is a retired

long-distance
runner.

Career

In 1992 Swartbooi won the Rössing Marathon with a time of 2:11:23 min, a record that still stands. At the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart he won silver in the marathon. Swartbooi set his personal best in Boston 1994 in 2:09:08 min, finishing 3rd. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he finished 48th.[1]

In 2005 Swartbooi received a public warning from the

IAAF for testing positive for prednisolone/prednisone.[2]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Namibia
1992 Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
Marathon DNF
1993
World Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
2nd Marathon 2:14:11
1997 World Championships
Athens, Greece
Marathon
DNF
2000 Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
48th Marathon 2:22:55
2001
World Championships
Edmonton, Canada
28th Marathon 2:25:40
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 5th Marathon 2:13:40

References

  1. ^ "'Training Makes You Better': Swartbooi". The Namibian. 25 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2006-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)