02/10/67 - Windhoek
6.51i (Afr rec; 93), 9.86 (Afr & Comm rec;
96), 19.68 (Afr & Comm rec; 96), 19.92i (world indoor rec;
96), 46.28 (89), 7.57i LJ (91). 2nd 91 World 200 (5th 100), 1st
91 Afr 100 & 200, 2nd 92 Oly 100 & 200, 2nd 93 W Ind 60
(scr 200 sf, injured), 1st 93 World 200 (6th 100), 1st 94 Comm
100 (3rd 100), 2nd 94 W Cup 200, 2nd 95 World 200 (4th 100), 2nd
96 Oly 100 & 200 (best ever non-winning time of 19.68 in
200). GP 200 winner in 93. Set world indoor 100 best of 10.05 in
Feb 96, followed 6 days later by 19.92 200, smashing Linford
Christie’s world indoor record of 20.25. Outdoors in 96 tied
Christie’s Commonwealth 100 record of 9.87 in cool weather
in Helsinki (with Donovan Bailey nearly 3m behind), reducing it
to 9.86 (into 0.4m wind) in Lausanne – considered the
greatest ever 100 performance. Only man to have run inside 9.90
three times without wind assistance. Also prior to Olympics beat
Michael Johnson in Oslo over 200 in Commonwealth record of 19.82
and beat him again after the Games in Berlin in 19.97.
Namibia’s first world class athlete. Was a good soccer
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