Desiré du Plessis (born 20 May 1965) is a South African former

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athlete who competed in the

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. Her personal best is , putting her in the all-time top thirty for the event. It was a South African record until it was beaten by

Hestrie Cloete Hestrie Cloete OIS (née Storbeck; born on 26 August 1978) is a former South African professional high jumper. Her foremost achievements were winning two world championships and two silver medals at the Olympic Games. Career Cloete was disc ...

. Her best mark indoors was , set in 1987. She ranked second in the world in the 1986 season. Du Plessis won two major medals in her career, both at the African Championships in Athletics, taking bronze in

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and

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. Compatriot Charmaine Weavers and Ivorian

Lucienne N'Da Lucienne N'Da (born 6 July 1965) is an Ivorian retired high jumper and four-time African champion. Her personal best jump is 1.95 metres, achieved at the 1992 African Championships in Belle Vue Maurel. This is the current national record. ...

were ahead of her each time. She also represented South Africa at the

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, taking ninth with a jump of . She won five straight national titles at the South African Athletics Championships between 1983 and 1987, becoming the first woman to clear two metres there in the process. She won two further titles in 1993 and 1995.South African Championships
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International competitions

National titles

* South African Athletics Championships **High jump: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1995

References

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* __NOTOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Plessis, Desire du Living people 1965 births South African female high jumpers Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games