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Okkert Brits

1973 - Today

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Okkert Brits (born 22 August 1973, in Uitenhage) is a former South African track and field athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He was the silver medallist at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003. He was a four-time champion at the African Championships in Athletics and twice champion at the All-Africa Games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Okkert Brits has received more than 65,086 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Okkert Brits is the 4,479th most popular athlete (down from 3,826th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from South Africa (down from 332nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular South African Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Okkert Brits ranks 4,479 out of 6,025Before her are Meliha İsmailoğlu, Eva Pinkelnig, Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Ana Peleteiro, Reineris Salas, and Henk Grol. After her are Abdalaati Iguider, Isaac Makwala, Tatyana Chernova, Fumiko Okuno, Grzegorz Łomacz, and Francesco Friedrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Okkert Brits ranks 989Before her are Nicola Vizzoni, Ray LaMontagne, Jason Molina, Natalia Vía Dufresne, Shinichi Fujita, and Mihaela Ciobanu. After her are Samir Barać, Bun B, Demetri Martin, Gaël Touya, Sakshi Tanwar, and Jennifer Crystal Foley.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Okkert Brits ranks 371 out of 454Before her are Roland Schoeman (1980), Schalk Burger (1983), Siboniso Gaxa (1984), Ayanda Denge (1982), Louis Meintjes (1992), and Lauren Beukes (1976). After her are Ronwen Williams (1992), Roy Wegerle (1964), Panagiotis Retsos (1998), Alice Phoebe Lou (1993), Dean Geyer (1986), and Thulani Serero (1990).

Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Okkert Brits ranks 33Before her are Frantz Kruger (1975), Hestrie Cloete (1978), Elana Meyer (1966), Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1980), Raúl Martínez (null), and Nicholas Martinez (null). After her are Rory Sabbatini (1976), Luvo Manyonga (1991), Sunette Viljoen (1983), Jacques Freitag (1982), L. J. van Zyl (1985), and James Thompson (1986).