Andries du Plessis
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| Born | 1 October 1910 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 October 1979 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||
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Andries Stephanus du Plessis (1 October 1910 – 12 October 1979[1]) was a South African track and field athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2] He was born in Germiston.
In 1936 he finished 17th in the Olympic pole vault event. At the 1934 Empire Games he finished fourth in the pole vault competition. He also participated in the 120 yards hurdles contest but was eliminated in the heats. Four years later he won the gold medal in the pole vault event at the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ South African Athletics Biography Introduction: Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, Bruce Fordyce, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, Ernst Van Dyk, Elana Meyer
- ^ A history of sport and physical education in the Republic of South Africa
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Categories:
- 1910 births
- 1979 deaths
- Sportspeople from Germiston
- Athletes from Gauteng
- South African men pole vaulters
- South African men hurdlers
- Olympic athletes for South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games athletes for South Africa
- Afrikaner people
- Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games
- 20th-century South African sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
- South African athletics biography stubs