Corné du Plessis (born 20 March 1978) is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel,

Lee-Roy Newton Lee-Roy Newton (born 19 December 1978) is a South African sprinter. Together with Morné Nagel, Corné du Plessis and Matthew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Follow ...

and

Mathew Quinn Mathew Quinn (born 17 April 1976 in Salisbury, Rhodesia) was a South African sprinter. Together with Morné Nagel, Corné du Plessis and Lee-Roy Newton he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletic ...

he won a

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4 x 100 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

at the

2001 World Championships in Athletics The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event ...

. Their time of 38.47 seconds was a South African record. Earlier in the season he won the

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in the

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at the

2001 Summer Universiade The 2001 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXI Summer Universiade, was an international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, between 22 August and 1 September. A total of 6,757 athletes from 165 nations took part in 12 sports ...

. Following the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified

Tim Montgomery Timothy Montgomery (born January 28, 1975) is an American former track sprinter who specialized in the 100-meter dash. In 2005, he was stripped of his records—including a now-void men's 100-meter world record of 9.78 seconds set in 2002—a ...

and henceforth the American team, the South African team were promoted to

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lists.SA awarded 2001 worlds gold medal

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(22 November 2006). Retrieved on 2010-06-08. Du Plessis won another relay gold medal with South Africa at the

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Competition record

Personal bests

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

- 10.25 (2001) *

- 20.39 (2001)

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* South African male sprinters 1978 births Living people Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for South Africa World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub