• Thumbnail for Okkert Brits
    2003; they are the parents of Sarah Jane Brits (born in 2005) and David Okkert Brits (born in 2006). In 2009, Brits took part in the 3rd season of Survivor:...
    9 KB (320 words) - 22:03, 11 January 2024
  • footballer Grant Brits (born 1987), Australian freestyle swimmer Okkert Brits (born 1973), South African former pole vaulter Schalk Brits (born 1981), South...
    3 KB (475 words) - 06:49, 3 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pole vault
    Brad Walker  United States 8 June 2008 Eugene 9 6.03 m (19 ft 9+1⁄4 in) Okkert Brits  South Africa 18 August 1995 Cologne Jeff Hartwig  United States 14 June...
    93 KB (5,267 words) - 08:52, 6 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
    1992 champion Maksim Tarasov entered the height tied for fifth with Okkert Brits with three earlier misses, while Michael Stolle had already taken seven...
    17 KB (944 words) - 11:31, 18 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
    Leading 6.12 m Ostrava, Czech Republic 27 June 2023 African Record  Okkert Brits (RSA) 6.03 m Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995 Asian Record  Ernest John...
    15 KB (561 words) - 23:45, 19 February 2024
  • Area Record Athlete (Nation) Height (m) Africa (records)  Okkert Brits (RSA) 6.03 Asia (records)  EJ Obiena (PHI) 6.00 Europe (records)  Armand Duplantis (SWE)...
    15 KB (714 words) - 03:27, 6 August 2024
  • undercard was announced, featuring pole vault duel between Sergey Bubka and Okkert Brits as well as a long jump competition between Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Heike...
    42 KB (4,119 words) - 02:17, 6 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
    Area Height (m) Athlete Nation Africa (records) 6.03 Okkert Brits  South Africa Asia (records) 5.92 Igor Potapovich  Kazakhstan Europe (records) 6.18 WR...
    22 KB (1,204 words) - 17:22, 7 June 2024
  • Lamela  Spain 8.22 Pole vault details Giuseppe Gibilisco  Italy 5.90 (NR) Okkert Brits  South Africa 5.85 (SB) Patrik Kristiansson  Sweden 5.85 (PB) Triple...
    21 KB (184 words) - 08:36, 4 August 2024
  • 10 cm improvement over his own record. The clearance remains tied with Okkert Brits and Jeff Hartwig as the ninth highest jump in history, and currently...
    20 KB (1,294 words) - 01:31, 3 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Sergey Bubka
    Rodion Gataullin Okkert Brits Men's Pole Vault Best Year Performance 1984–1989 1991–1994 1996–1997 Succeeded by Rodion Gataullin Okkert Brits Jeff Hartwig...
    30 KB (1,533 words) - 06:35, 6 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Okkert Brits Pole vault 5.65 7 q 5.80 7 Frantz Kruger Discus Throw 67.54 2 Q 68.19...
    37 KB (426 words) - 22:23, 3 February 2023
  • Jacques Freitag 5 March 2005 Oudtshoorn, South Africa Pole vault 6.03 m Okkert Brits 18 August 1995 Cologne, Germany Long jump 8.65 m A (+1.3 m/s) Luvo Manyonga...
    66 KB (2,262 words) - 09:16, 5 August 2024
  • (and 1996 finalist) Dmitriy Markov of Australia, seventh-place finisher Okkert Brits of South Africa, eighth-place finisher Danny Ecker of Germany, tenth-place...
    17 KB (729 words) - 18:30, 12 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics
    Final Result Rank Result Rank Riaan Botha Pole vault 5.70 1 Q 5.60 14 Okkert Brits Pole vault NM Did not advance François Fouché Long jump 7.44 38 Did not...
    34 KB (183 words) - 13:54, 8 February 2024
  •  Nick Hysong (USA) 2003 Saint-Denis details  Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA)  Okkert Brits (RSA)  Patrik Kristiansson (SWE) 2005 Helsinki details  Rens Blom (NED)...
    8 KB (78 words) - 23:12, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for South Africa at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Athlete Event Qualification Final Distance Position Distance Position Okkert Brits Pole vault 5.60 19 Did not advance Jacques Freitag High jump 2.20 =20...
    41 KB (1,079 words) - 20:33, 16 July 2023
  •  South Africa 5 March 2005 Oudtshoorn, South Africa Pole vault 6.03 m Okkert Brits  South Africa 18 August 1995 Cologne, Germany Long jump 8.65 m A (+1...
    101 KB (3,689 words) - 19:36, 10 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Uitenhage
    South African tennis player from Riebeek College Girls' High School Okkert Brits, Olympic pole vaulter Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe, British Army officer...
    19 KB (1,628 words) - 08:28, 20 June 2024
  • Cowboys (born 1958) Ewald Bonzet (1951–2016), track and road runner Okkert Brits (born 1973), pole-vaulter Zola Budd (born 1966), marathon and long-distance...
    23 KB (2,554 words) - 06:00, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's pole vault
    Kendricks (USA) 6.06 m Des Moines, United States 27 July 2019 African Record  Okkert Brits (RSA) 6.03 m Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995 Asian Record  Igor Potapovich (KAZ)...
    14 KB (441 words) - 23:06, 22 July 2022
  • 10000 m) all starred in the women's events. South African pole vaulter Okkert Brits won his second African Games gold medal. Assefa Mezgebu of Ethiopia won...
    9 KB (603 words) - 20:23, 30 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for White South Africans
    Vincent Breet, rower Okkert Brits, former pole vaulter, holds the African record and only African in the "6 metres club" Schalk Brits, professional rugby...
    83 KB (6,728 words) - 04:37, 1 August 2024
  • Duplantis (SWE) 6.16 m Stockholm, Sweden 30 June 2022 African Record  Okkert Brits (RSA) 6.03 m Cologne, Germany 18 August 1995 Asian Record  Ernest John...
    15 KB (647 words) - 13:41, 1 July 2024
  • Gianni Iapichino 1995: Gianni Iapichino 1996: Maurilio Mariani 1997: Okkert Brits (RSA) 1998: Fabio Pizzolato 1999: Maurilio Mariani 2000: Massimo Allevi...
    4 KB (198 words) - 04:03, 30 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
     Canada 2.25 m Benjamin Challenger  England 2.25 m Pole vault details Okkert Brits  South Africa 5.75 m Paul Burgess  Australia 5.70 m Dominic Johnson  Saint...
    22 KB (330 words) - 03:38, 17 November 2022
  • Page Hamilton, American actress 1971 – Rick Yune, American actor 1972 – Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter 1972 – Paul Doucette, American singer-songwriter...
    50 KB (4,985 words) - 02:33, 6 August 2024
  • jump; Okkert Brits - silver in the Pole vault and Mbulaeni Mulaudzi - bronze in the 800 m 13–14 September - Hestrie Cloete (High jump) and Okkert Brits (pole...
    2 KB (149 words) - 00:33, 19 May 2024
  • Stanozolol 4 years Grit Breuer  Germany Sprinting 1992 Clenbuterol 2 years Okkert Brits  South Africa Pole vault 2003 Ephedrine Public warning Damien Broothaerts...
    441 KB (17,785 words) - 16:33, 17 July 2024
  • Gianni Iapichino 1995: Gianni Iapichino 1996: Maurilio Mariani 1997: Okkert Brits (RSA) 1998: Fabio Pizzolato 1999: Maurilio Mariani 2000: Massimo Allevi...
    3 KB (92 words) - 10:36, 6 May 2023