Burger Lambrechts (born 3 April 1973 in Pretoria) is a South African shot putter. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... City motto: Praestantia Praevaleat Pretoria (May Pretoria Be Pre-eminent In Excellence) Province Gauteng Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... Shot put The shot put is an athletics (track and field) event involving putting (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball (called the shot) as far as possible. ...

His international career started with a fifteenth place at the 1992 World Junior Championships. The following year he took his first national shot put title.^[1] In 1994 he threw past the 19 metre mark for the first time, with 19.06 metres achieved in April in his birth city. At his first World Championships, in 1997, he reached the final and placed tenth. He only managed one valid throw.^[2] In 1998 he won the gold medal at the African Championships with a throw of 19.78 metres. This was the best winning result since 1982, when Youssef Nagui Asaad threw 20.44 metres.^[3] In the same year he threw 20.01 metres when winning the Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur,^[4] and 20.29 metres in Johannesburg in September. Rarely competing in other athletics events, Lambrechts did throw 53.68 metres with the hammer (1996) and 58.60 with the discus (October 1998). The 4th World Junior Championships in Athletics was the 1992 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. ... The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10. ... The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 11 to September 21 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for 20th Century. ... Nickname: KL Motto: Maju dan makmur (Malay: Peace and progress) Location in Malaysia Coordinates: Country Malaysia State Federal Territory Establishment 1857 Granted city status 1974 Government  - Mayor (Datuk Bandar) Abdul Hakim Borhan From 14 December 2006 Area    - City 243. ... City motto: Unity in Development Province Gauteng Mayor Amos Masondo Area  - % water 1,644 km² 0. ... The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum 4 ft (1. ... Statue of discus thrower in Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark For alternate meanings, see Discus. ...

The following year Lambrechts led a South African clean sweep in the shot put at the All-Africa Games while fellow South Africans (Frantz Kruger, Chris Harmse and Marius Corbett) won the other three throwing events for men. Throwing 19.50 metres, this time Lambrechts beat the championship record of Youssef Nagui Asaad, which had stood at 19.48 since 1973.^[5] He finished ninth at the World Championships the same year, once again with only one valid throw in the final round.^[6] At the 2000 Summer Olympic Lambrechts failed to reach the final for the first time in a worldwide event. With a 19.75 throw he fell 4 centimetres short of the place in the final, which ironically went to his compatriot Janus Robberts, though it should be noted that Canada's Bradley Snyder was even closer with 19.77 metres.^[7] Frantz Kruger (born May 22, 1975 in Kempton Park, South Africa) is a discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000. ... Christiaan Harmse (born 31 May 1973) is a South African hammer thrower. ... Marius Corbett (born September 26, 1975 in Potchefstroom) is a South African javelin thrower. ... The 2nd All-Africa Games were played from January 7, 1973 to January 18, 1973 in Lagos, Nigeria. ... The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29. ... At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. ... Janus Robberts (born March 10, 1979 in Louis Trichardt) is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put, and occasionally discus throw. ...

In February 2001 Lambrechts established a new South African record with 20.90 metres in Port Elizabeth. However, at this meet he tested positive for stanozolol. The record throw was annulled and Lambrechts was banned from competing for two years.^[8] He returned to win the gold medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games, retaining the title he won four years earlier, and the silver medal at the African Championships in July 2004. The same month he achieved a lifetime best throw of 20.63 metres in Pretoria, which ranks him second in Africa behind fellow South African Janus Robberts. ^[9] A month later he entered the 2004 Summer Olympics. Managing only 18.67 metres, he placed fourth from the bottom.^[10] He has not competed internationally since. Port Elizabeth is a city in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, at 33°58′ S 25°36′ E. The city is located on Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa. ... Stanozolol, sold under the name Winstrol, was developed by Winthrop Laboratories in 1962. ... Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games // GBR Athletics Categories: | ... The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. ... Janus Robberts (born March 10, 1979 in Louis Trichardt) is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put, and occasionally discus throw. ... It has been suggested that Shot Put at the 2004 Summer Olympics be merged into this article or section. ...

References

• IAAF profile for Burger Lambrechts