Marius Corbett

Marius Corbett (born 26 September 1975 in Potchefstroom) is a South African javelin thrower. He won a gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, improving his personal best by 4.50 m during the contest.^[1] The following year he threw 88.75 m (291 ft 2 in) to win the 1998 Commonwealth Games, which was the Commonwealth Games Record until Arshad Nadeem threw 90.18 m in 2022 and was also the African record until Julius Yego's throw of 91.39 m on 7 June 2015 in Birmingham.^[2][3]

Marius Corbett

Personal information
Born	(1975-09-26) 26 September 1975 (age 49)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  South Africa World Championships 1997 Athens Javelin Universiade 1997 Catania Javelin Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumper Javelin World Junior Championships 1994 Lisbon Javelin

Seasonal bests by year

Source:^[4]

• 1993 - 73.00
• 1994 - 77.98
• 1996 - 74.94
• 1997 - 88.40
• 1998 - 88.75
• 1999 - 87.17
• 2000 - 83.43
• 2001 - 80.91
• 2004 - 70.17

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  South Africa
1994	African Junior Championships	Algiers, Algeria	1st	74.42 m
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	77.98 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	88.40 m
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	1st	86.50 m
1998	African Championships	Dakar, Senegal	1st	79.82 m
	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1st	88.75 m GR
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	22nd (q)	76.34 m
	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	78.74 m