Matthews Motshwarateu
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Matthews Motshwarateu was a South Africa
n, track, cross country and road runner.
Nicknamed 'Loop en Val' (Afrikaans for 'walk and fall') for his awkward style, he set a world 10 km road record of 27:59.3 in Purchase, New York, in 1980, and, Running for the University of Texas, at El Paso, won the 1981 NCAA Cross Country Championships in 1981, defeating Mike Musyoki and Olympic silver medallist in the 5000 metres the year before, Suleiman Nyambui.
He died in Soweto, outside Johannesburg
, in 2001 from wounds sustained in a shooting outside his family home in Molapo, Soweto. The culprits have never been apprehended.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n, track, cross country and road runner.
Nicknamed 'Loop en Val' (Afrikaans for 'walk and fall') for his awkward style, he set a world 10 km road record of 27:59.3 in Purchase, New York, in 1980, and, Running for the University of Texas, at El Paso, won the 1981 NCAA Cross Country Championships in 1981, defeating Mike Musyoki and Olympic silver medallist in the 5000 metres the year before, Suleiman Nyambui.
He died in Soweto, outside Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
, in 2001 from wounds sustained in a shooting outside his family home in Molapo, Soweto. The culprits have never been apprehended.