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. The following year he threw 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.
Seasonal bests by year Source: 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 Representing 1994African Junior ChampionshipsAlgiers, Algeria 1st74.42 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal 1st77.98 m1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 1st88.40 mUniversiadeCatania, Italy 1st86.50 m1998African ChampionshipsDakar, Senegal 1st79.82 mCommonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1st88.75 m GR1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain22nd (q)76.34 mAll-Africa GamesJohannesburg, South Africa 1st78.74 m
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