Corné du Plessis

Corné du Plessis

Medal record
Competitor for  South Africa
Men's athletics
World Championships
	2001 Edmonton	4x100 m relay
Summer Universiade
	2001 Beijing	200 m
African Championships
	2008 Addis Ababa	4x100m relay

Corné du Plessis (born 20 March 1978) is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Their time of 38.47 seconds was a South African record.^[1] Earlier in the season he won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2001 Summer Universiade.^[2]

Following the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified Tim Montgomery and henceforth the American team, the South African team were promoted to gold medallists.^[3] Du Plessis won another relay gold medal with South Africa at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  South Africa
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	33rd (h)	200 m	20.92
			1st	4x100 m relay	38.47
	Universiade	Beijing, China	7th	100 m	10.54
			3rd	200 m	20.58
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	10th (sf)	200 m	21.48
			1st	4x100 m relay	38.75

Personal bests

• 100 metres - 10.25 (2001)
• 200 metres - 20.39 (2001)

References

1. South African Records - Outdoor
2. World Student Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-08.
3. SA awarded 2001 worlds gold medal . BBC Sport (2006-11-22). Retrieved on 2010-06-08.

General

• Corné du Plessis profile at IAAF