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| Mark Plaatjes
Born 1962 in South Africa.It was the relativ unknown Southafricanborn Mark Plaatjes who won the World Championships in 1993 Plaatjes started slowly and was under a great part of the race far behind in the field He didn't catch the leading runner Lusketz Swartbooi Namibia until the last Kilometer, and left him behind His winning time was 2:13:57, while Lusketz Swartbooi used 2:14:11 3'rd was dutch Bert van Vlaanderen 2:15:12
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