Stephan Louw

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Stephan Louw at the 2010 Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague

Stephan Louw (born 26 February 1975) is a Namibian long jumper.

At the 2001 Summer Universiade he won the silver medal in long jump and participated in 4 x 100 metres relay. The Namibian relay team, which consisted of Louw, Sherwin Vries, Thobias Akwenye and Benedictus Botha, finished fourth in a new Namibian record of 39.48 seconds.^[1] The same year Louw competed at the World Championships, without reaching the final round. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but all his jumps were invalid.

He finished twelfth at the 2006 African Championships, and won the bronze medal at the 2008 African Championships. He competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.

His personal best jump is 8,24 metres, achieved in January 2008 in Johannesburg. This is the current Namibian record.^[2]

Achievements

Representing Namibia
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	–	NM
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	21st (q)	7.62 m
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	2nd	8.04 m
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	12th	7.37 m (w)
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	3rd	7.98 m
2008	Olympic Games	Berlin, Germany	13th (q)	7.93 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	30th (q)	7.74 m

References

Stephan Louw profile at IAAF

↑ Commonwealth All-Time Lists (Men) - GBR Athletics
↑ Namibian athletics records

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Name	Louw, Stephan
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Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	26 February 1975
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