Johan Botha (runner), Date of Birth

    

Johan Botha (runner)

South African middle distance runner

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1974

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Johan Botha (runner)

  • Johan Botha (born 10 January 1974) is a South African middle distance runner who won the gold medal over 800 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Athletics in Maebashi in 1999.
  • In the course of the race he defeated world record holder Wilson Kipketer and Nico Motchebon in a winning time of 1:45.47.
  • In the same season he ran his indoor personal best of 1:45.45 in Stuttgart. At the 2001 World Indoor Championships in Lisbon Botha came close to defending his title but was defeated by future Olympic champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy and won silver. Outdoors he won a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
  • He reached the semifinals of the World Championships in 1999 and again at the Olympic Games in 2000.
  • His outdoor personal best was 1:43.91, set in June 1999 in Oslo.
  • Botha also has a personal best of 3:36:30 on the 1500m, which he ran in the Netherlands during 2000.

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