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Okkert Brits

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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. He was a gold medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and took bronze at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Okkert Brits is the 5,860th most popular athlete (down from 4,437th in 2024), the 418th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 367th in 2019) and the 35th most popular South African Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Okkert Brits ranks 5,860 out of 6,025. Before her are Ricardo Santos, Alistair Brownlee, Reineris Salas, Khetag Tsabolov, Tom Ashley, and Maxim Chudov. After her are Pavel Maslák, Lisanne de Roever, Carolin Leonhardt, Wyatt Allen, Andrew Wilson, and Larisa Ilchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Okkert Brits ranks 1,312. Before her are Catherine Scott, Alice Roberts, Camille Jones, Dotsie Bausch, Donyell Marshall, and Roar Uthaug. After her are Terrell Owens, Matthew Pottinger, Gavin Hassett, Jason McCartney, Xiaolu Guo, and Kenji Nakada.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Okkert Brits ranks 418 out of 454. Before her are Mariaan de Swardt (1971), Elrio van Heerden (1983), Raven Klaasen (1982), Ronwen Williams (1992), Shu-Aib Walters (1981), and Jerry Sikhosana (1969). After her are Stelio Savante (1970), Greg Minnaar (1981), Kelvin van der Linde (1996), Wayne Odesnik (1985), Xoliswa Sithole (null), and Willem Jackson (1972).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Okkert Brits ranks 35. Before her are Raúl Martínez (null), Sven Schmid (1978), Marilyn Agliotti (1979), Mark Plaatjes (1962), Ramon di Clemente (1975), and Sunette Viljoen (1983). After her are Marius Corbett (1975), Robin Bell (1977), James Thompson (1986), Clinton Hill (1980), Nicholas Martinez (null), and Ruswahl Samaai (1991).

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