Quinton-Steele Botes (30 April 1960 – 23 June 2014) was a Namibian sport consultant. He won th
International Olympic Committee Award
in recognition of his promotion of athletics in Namibia. As technical manager of the Namibian Olympic Team, he attended 2 Olympic Games, 3 World Games, 1 African Games and 2 Commonwealth Games. Botes was a member of the executive board of the Namibia National Olympic Committee in 2009. In 2005, Botes resigned from Athletics Namibia after many personal differences with its president (who announced Botes' expulsion two weeks later and denied receiving a resignation letter). Botes said "I have already resigned and have nothing to do with Athletics Namibia". The organization elected a new president in 2009, and Botes was elected chairperson of its Track and Field Committee and thus a member of its council. He was a second-level tutor of the International Association of Athletics Federations, and a course director and lecturer of the IAAF and International Olympic Committee.

Death

On 20 September 2007, Botes was diagnosed with

multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces antibodies. Often, no symptoms are noticed initially. As it progresses, bone pain, an ...

, a cancer of the blood. He died after a long battle with the disease on 23 June 2014, aged 54. He was survived by his son, Ibarto. Botes was among ten people honoured posthumously by Namibia's President

Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1936) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO, and was ...

in August 2014.

References

1960 births 2014 deaths Deaths from multiple myeloma in Namibia Namibian sportspeople Place of birth missing White Namibian people {{Namibia-sport-bio-stub