Charl Mattheus

He grew up in Despatch, Eastern Cape and completed his high school diploma at High School Despatch in 1982. He subsequently attended and completed a National Technical Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Russell Road Technical College in Port Elizabeth in 1989. His United States education include a Bachelor of Science in Management (2007), Masters in Business Administration, MBA in Healthcare Management (2011) from Indiana Wesleyan University and Doctor of Business Administration, DBA in Healthcare Management (2017) at Walden University. Doctoral Dissertation Study Title: Managerial Intervention Strategies to Reduce Patient No-Show Rates.{{cite thesis |id={{ProQuest|1908953006}} |last1=Mattheus |first1=Charl |date=2017 |title=Managerial Intervention Strategies to Reduce Patient No-Show Rates }}{{page needed|date=September 2023}}{{primary source inline|date=September 2023}}

Dr. Mattheus published his first book in 2020: Understanding the United States Health Care System {{cite web |url=https://www.greatriverlearning.com/product-details/1880|title=Product Details - Understanding the United States Health Care System}}

He was South Africa 100 km Champion in 1991. He represented South Africa at the IAU 100 km World Championships in 1993, 1994 & 1995.http://www.ultralegends.com/world-100 km-challenge-1993/{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He is popular for his Comrades Marathon win in 1992. He was disqualified for taking over the counter cold medication, containing, phenylpropanolamine. It was a prohibited stimulant, but was removed from the banned list shortly after the disqualification. Phenylpropanolamine is not one of the prohibited stimulants the World Anti-Doping Agency listed on their 2016 list.

Mattheus finished the Comrades Marathon twelve times, 1987- 21st, 1988 – 7th, 1989 – 9th, 1990 – 32nd, 1991 – 6th, 1992 – 1st (but disqualified), 1994 – 11th, 1995 – 2nd, 1996 – 4th, 1997 – 1st (Comrades Marathon Champion),{{Cite web|url=https://www.arrs.run/HP_Com54.htm|title=Untitled}} 1998 – 2nd, & 2000 – 154th.http://results.comrades.com/History.aspx?AthleteId=24588{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Mattheus is the only athlete to lose his Comrades Marathon Champion title and regain the title a few years later, improving on his 5:42:34, 1992 {{cite web |url=http://www.runnersguide.co.za/Races/ComradesCorner/History/1990.htm |title=ComradesHistory1990 |accessdate=2012-08-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510021326/http://www.runnersguide.co.za/Races/ComradesCorner/History/1990.htm |archivedate=2012-05-10 }} time with a 5:28:37 time. Dr. Charl Mattheus is now a dual United States and South African Citizen and living in Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii, United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.medicine.ufl.edu/contact_us.asp |title=University of Florida Department of Medicine |accessdate=2012-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802010840/http://www.medicine.ufl.edu/contact_us.asp |archivedate=2012-08-02 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanultra.org/chancellor/|title = BARC of Boston / Chancellor Challenge 100 km}}

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