Okkert Brits
Okkert Brits is a former South African track and field athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He was the silver medallist at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003. He was a four-time champion at the African Championships in Athletics and twice champion at the All-Africa Games. He was a gold medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and took bronze at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
22 August 1972
Born on the same birth date (22 August 1972): Max Wilson • Paul Doucette • Steve Kline (left-handed pitcher)
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Born in the same month (August 1972): Anna Umemiya • Anthony Calvillo • Axel Merckx • Cameron Diaz • Del the Funky Homosapien • Gyanendra Pandey • Habibul Bashar • Max Wilson • Nicke Andersson • Sandis Ozoliņš • Steve Kline (left-handed pitcher)