Charl Mattheus

Charl Mattheus (born March 9, 1965 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape , South Africa ) is a South African Ultra Marathon Athlete.^[1]

Life and Education

He grew up in Despatch, Eastern Cape and completed his high school diploma at High School Despatch in 1982. He subsequently attended and completed a National Technical Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Russell Road Technical College in Port Elizabeth in 1989. His United States education include a Bachelor of Science in Management (2007) and Masters in Business Administration, MBA in Health care Management (2011) from Indiana Wesleyan University.

He was South Africa 100 km Champion in 1991. He represented South Africa at the IAU 100 km World Championships in 1993, 1994 & 1995.^[2] He is popular for his Comrades Marathon win in 1992. He was disqualified for taking over the counter cold medication, containing, phenylpropanolamine . It was a prohibited stimulant, but was removed from the banned list shortly after the disqualification. Mattheus finished the Comrades Marathon twelve times, 1987- 21st, 1988 – 7th, 1989 – 9th, 1990 – 32nd, 1991 – 6th, 1992 – 1st (but disqualified), 1994 – 11th, 1995 – 2nd, 1996 – 4th, 1997 – 1st (Comrades Marathon Champion),^[3] 1998 – 2nd, & 2000 – 154th.^[4] Mattheus is the only athlete to lose his Comrades Marathon Champion title and regain the title a few years later, improving on his 5:42:34, 1992 ^[5] time with a 5:28:37 time. He is now a dual United States and South African Citizen and living in the United States.^[6][7]

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