Athlete
John Smit
South Africa 2007 Rugby World Cup-winning captain
2 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
John Smit marathon
John Smit's recorded marathon is 5:32:36. Performance date: 2017-09-17. Age at the time: 39. This was a competition result. The source at capetownmarathon.com gives this mark. Source type: official result.
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2017 Cape Town Marathon · Unogwaja charity team runner
Source quote and limits
“05:32:36”
Official finish-time table. Race date 17 September 2017 and named celebrity identity are confirmed by the eyewitness race report https://runningmann.co.za/2017/09/28/cape-town-marathon/; its rounded times agree with these official marks. Table position 6570, Open Male. Identity and race date also confirmed by https://www.peacerun.org/za/news/2017/0917/2558/.
2017
- Marathon5:32:36
Quote and details
“05:32:36”
John Smit bench press
John Smit's recorded bench press is 190 kg. Source date: 2007-05-18. The effort is unknown. The source at iol.co.za gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is low.
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South Africa and Sharks captain
Source quote and limits
“Smit can manage 190kg”
Named reporter Bronwyn Gerretsen compares the two South Africa rugby captains. The sentence links this load to bench press. Source publication date is used; the lift date, repetitions and maximal effort are not stated. The column gives no source for the 190 kg figure; it is one unattributed secondhand report. The page returns HTTP 403 to curl; the text was read through r.jina.ai.
2007
- Bench press190 kg
Quote and details
“Smit can manage 190kg”
Photo: Sahmejil, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.