Luketz Swartbooi (born 7 February 1966) is a retired

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n long-distance runner.

Career

In 1992, Swartbooi won the Rössing Marathon with a time of 2:11:23 min, a record that stands. At the 1993 World Championships in

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he won

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in the

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. Swartbooi set his personal best in Boston 1994 in 2:09:08 min, finishing 3rd. At the

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he finished 48th. In 2005, Swartbooi received a public warning from the

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for testing positive for

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* * 1966 births Living people Olympic athletes for Namibia Namibian male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Namibia Namibian male long-distance runners 20th-century Namibian people 21st-century Namibian people 21st-century Namibian sportsmen {{Namibia-athletics-bio-stub