Patrick Dowman

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Slightly-built Thaabiet Abrahams is one for the books

THAABIET Abrahams of the Vygieskraal-based Spartans Amateur Athletics Club was a tremendous athlete in all three disciplines of the jump...

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High jump champ Claudine soared above adversity  

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS This is the first chapter of a two-part series about the multi-talented Claudine Fisher of South...

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The day Patrick Dowman cleared a record two metres

BY CLEMENT DU PLESSIS  EVER heard of the Fosbury Flop? No, it’s not a guy from Fosbury who failed hopelessly!...

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Changing of the guard at 1977 SA champs

CLEMENT DU PLESSIS THE 1977 South African Amateur Athletics Board (SAAAB) Track and Field Championships in Port Elizabeth saw the...

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