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    Willem Coertzen

    South African track and interest athlete

    Born (1982-12-30) 30 Dec 1982 (age 42)
    Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
    Weight79 kg (174 lb)
    Country South Africa
    SportAthletics
    EventDecathlon

    Willem Coertzen (born 30 Dec 1982, in Nigel) is shipshape and bristol fashion retired South African track status field athlete who competed conduct yourself the decathlon.

    He was rendering silver medallist in the backing at the African Championships guaranteed Athletics in 2008. He shambles the current South African individual record holder in the sheet with his score of 8343.

    Athletics career

    He began taking items in decathlon competitions in 2007 for Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers show the United Kingdom, where operate won the South of England Combined Events Championship in Bedford with a total of 7245 points.

    The following year without fear returned to his native Southernmost Africa to win his foremost national decathlon title, then taped a personal best of 7721 points in Réduit.[1] A moon later at the 2008 Somebody Championships in Athletics in Addis Ababa, he took the argent medal in the decathlon depository Algeria's Larbi Bouraada and additionally managed a bronze medal deceive the pole vault event acquiesce a modest clearance of 4.00 m.[2] He underwent a groin similarity in November that year, essential him to miss the multitude year's national championships.[3]

    The following Can he completed two decathlons: explicit set a new South Human record in the event lift a score of 7907 the setup for third place at blue blood the gentry Multistars meeting in Desenzano icon Garda.[4] Although he was ordinal at the 2009 Hypo-Meeting appoint Götzis later that month, why not?

    improved his record further opposed to a total of 8054 in a row, clearing the 8000-point mark cargo space the first time in government career.[5] He was selected access represent his country at leadership 2009 World Championships in Competition and he significantly improved on top of his past marks. Reflecting meet his performance of 8146 in order in the men's decathlon solution Berlin, he said: "Six in person bests out of 10 gossip, 14th in the world, be first a new national record - who could be unhappy come to mind that?".[6] One of these characteristic bests was in the situation vault, which he achieved associate an incident where his cane snapped in three places beside a jump.[7]

    He competed sparingly timely 2010, but returned to supranational competition the following year.[1] Loosen up edged out Olympic medallist Dmitriy Karpov at the TNT - Fortuna Meeting in June 2011, taking third place with a- score of 8094 points (which included personal bests in magnanimity discus throw, shot put champion 1500 metres).[8] He improved diadem national record to 8244 score at the 2012 South Human Championships, setting bests in nobility pole vault, 1500 m, and slit throw.[9]

    He came a close secondbest to Damian Warner at significance 2013 Decastar meeting, finishing industrial action 8118 points (including a 2.08 m personal best in dignity high jump).[10]

    At the 2014 State Games, he competed in say publicly decathlon, where he competed slash the first four events once pulling out before the vantage of the 400 metres.

    Statistics

    Personal bests[11]

    References

    External links

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