Adri Schoeman

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Adri Schoeman
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Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Brazzaville 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Brazzaville 4 × 400 metres relay

Adri (de Jongh) Schoeman (born 13 July 1970) is a retired South African sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

She competed in both 200 and 400 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games without reaching the final,[ citation needed ] and also in 400 metres at the 1997 World Championships without even finishing the race. [1] At the 2004 African Championships she won silver medals in both 4 × 100 metres relay and 4 × 400 metres relay, the latter in a South African record, and at the 2006 Commonwealth Games she competed in the 400 metres and the 4 × 400 metres relay.

Her personal best time was 51.70 seconds, achieved in April 1997 in Pretoria. [1]

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