Corné du Plessis (born 20 March 1978) is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel, Lee-Roy Newton and Mathew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. Their time of 38.47 seconds was a South African record.South African Records - Outdoor Earlier in the season he won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2001 Summer Universiade.World Student Games (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-06-08.
Following the ruling of 13 December 2005 which retroactively disqualified Tim Montgomery and henceforth the American team, the South African team were promoted to gold medallists.SA awarded 2001 worlds gold medal . BBC Sport (22 November 2006). Retrieved on 2010-06-08. Du Plessis won another relay gold medal with South Africa at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics.
Competition record Representing 2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada33rd (h)200 m20.921st4 × 100 m relay38.47UniversiadeBeijing, China7th100 m10.54 3rd200 m20.582008African ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia10th (sf)200 m21.481st4 × 100 m relay38.75
Personal bests 100 metres - 10.25 (2001) 200 metres - 20.39 (2001)
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