Charl Mattheus (born March 9, 1965 in

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, Eastern Cape,

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) is a South African Ultra Marathon Athlete.

Life and education

He grew up in

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and completed his

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at High School Despatch in 1982. He subsequently attended and completed a National Technical Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Russell Road Technical College in

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in 1989. His United States education include a

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(2007), Masters in Business Administration, MBA in Healthcare Management (2011) from

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and

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, DBA in Healthcare Management (2017) at

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. Doctoral Dissertation Study Title: Managerial Intervention Strategies to Reduce Patient No-Show Rates. Dr. Mattheus published his first book in 2020: Understanding the United States Health Care System He was South Africa 100 km Champion in 1991. He represented

at the IAU 100 km World Championships in 1993, 1994 & 1995. He is popular for his Comrades Marathon win in 1992. He was disqualified for taking over the counter cold medication, containing,

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. It was a prohibited stimulant, but was removed from the banned list shortly after the disqualification. Phenylpropanolamine is not one of the prohibited stimulants the World Anti-Doping Agency listed on their 2016 list. Mattheus finished the Comrades Marathon twelve times, 1987- 21st, 1988 – 7th, 1989 – 9th, 1990 – 32nd, 1991 – 6th, 1992 – 1st (but disqualified), 1994 – 11th, 1995 – 2nd, 1996 – 4th, 1997 – 1st (Comrades Marathon Champion), 1998 – 2nd, & 2000 – 154th. Mattheus is the only athlete to lose his Comrades Marathon Champion title and regain the title a few years later, improving on his 5:42:34, 1992 time with a 5:28:37 time. Dr. Charl Mattheus is now a dual

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and South African Citizen and living in Waimānalo,

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, United States.

References

South African male marathon runners 1965 births Living people South African ultramarathon runners People from Somerset East Sportspeople from the Eastern Cape {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub