Shaun Bownes (born 24 October 1970, in

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) is a South African

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today ...

. His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in

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. This was the African record until 2012 when it was beaten by Lehann Fourie. He still holds the African record in

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.65 seconds (Devynne Ch ...

(indoor) with 7.52 seconds, achieved in February 2001 in

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. In 2014 (aged 43) he won the M40 60 metres hurdles (indoor) at the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships in Budapest in a time of 8,12 seconds (having set a time of 8.08 seconds in the preliminaries).

Achievements

Men 40-49 World Outdoor Championships Silver medal Lyon France Unofficial world masters record 60m Hurdles 8.05 ( Outdoor) Potchefstroom 2016 2016 World Masters record 110 m Hurdles Pretoria 14.38

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* 1970 births Living people South African male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes for South Africa Athletes from Johannesburg South African people of British descent Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa African Games bronze medalists for South Africa African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 21st-century South African sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub