Luketz Swartbooi
{{short description|Namibian long-distance runner}}
Luketz Swartbooi (born 7 February 1966) is a retired Namibian long-distance runner.
Career
In 1992, Swartbooi won the Rössing Marathon with a time of 2:11:23 min, a record that {{As of|2014|alt=still}} stands. At the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart he won silver in the marathon. Swartbooi set his personal best in Boston 1994 in 2:09:08 min, finishing 3rd. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he finished 48th.{{cite news
|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=9829&page_type=story_detail&category_id=12
|title='Training Makes You Better': Swartbooi
|date=25 February 2014
|work=The Namibian}}
In 2005, Swartbooi received a public warning from the IAAF for testing positive for prednisolone/prednisone.{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.net/newsfiles/33165.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-04-01 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712071130/http://www.iaaf.net/newsfiles/33165.pdf |archive-date=2007-07-12 }}
Achievements
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/lucketz-swartbooi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084601/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/lucketz-swartbooi-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Luketz Swartbooi}}
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Category:Olympic athletes for Namibia
Category:Namibian male marathon runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Namibia
Category:Namibian male long-distance runners
Category:20th-century Namibian people
Category:21st-century Namibian people
Category:21st-century Namibian sportsmen
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