Jackie Mekler is a South African long-distance runner. His early life was spent in Johannesburg, where he attended Parktown Boys' High School

Parktown Boys' High School

Parktown Boys' High School is a public high school for boys in Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Parktown Boys' is well known for its emphasis on holistic education and in 2009 was rated as one of the top performing state schools in South Africa, and in the top ten schools in...

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He won the Comrades Marathon

Comrades Marathon

The Comrades Marathon is an ultramarathon of approximately 90 km run in the Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa between the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg. It is the world's largest and oldest ultramarathon race...

five times as well as various other marathons around the world. He competed for South Africa in various international games.

A Jackie Mekler race is held annually in Gauteng in his honour.