Jopie van Oudtshoorn (born 5 February 1976) is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 44.75 seconds, achieved in April 1999 in

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. Together with

Hendrick Mokganyetsi Hendrick Mokganyetsi (born 7 September 1975 in Pretoria) is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 400 meters. His personal best time is 44.59 seconds, achieved in September 2000 in Yokohama. He also has a strong personal best in the 8 ...

, Adriaan Botha and

Arnaud Malherbe Arnaud Malherbe (born 20 November 1972) is a South African sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 44.59 seconds, achieved in March 1999 in Roodepoort. At the time, it was a South African Record. He has the ...

he holds the South African record in

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with 3:00.20 minutes, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville where South Africa finished fourth. The team was subsequently awarded bronze medals for a third place in the same race, following a positive drugs test in the US team. van Oudtshoorn also ran for the South African team that finished fourth at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

. On the individual level, van Oudtshoorn won a bronze medal at the

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in the 400 metres.

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* 1976 births Afrikaner people Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Living people South African people of Dutch descent South African male sprinters World Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade {{southAfrica-athletics-bio-stub