Xolile Yawa
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Xolile Yawa (born September 29, 1962) is a retired athlete from South Africa. He specialised in long-distance running, including marathons.
He is best known as the winner of 1993 Berlin Marathon. At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he was 13th at men's 10000 metres [1]. He also represented South Africa at the 1996 Summer Olympics. At the 1992 African Championships in Athletics, he won Bronze at 10000 metres.
Xolile Yawa broke the half marathon world record by running 60:56 in East London on 25 July 1987. The record was broken in 1990 by Dionicio Cerón.
At the South African national championships, he won the 10,000 metres track event nine times (1985-1990, 1992, 1994, 1996) and Half marathon twice (1986 and 1988). [2]
[edit] References
- IAAF profile for Xolile Yawa
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Preceded by David Tsebe |
Berlin Men's Marathon Winner 1993 |
Succeeded by António Pinto |
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