Mari Rabie
Representing: RSA ![]()
Gender: Female
Athlete Year of Birth: 1986
Athlete Place of Birth: Cape Town
Athlete Weight: 63 kg
Athlete Height: 171 cm
Athlete Lives: Stellenbosch South Africa
Current Ranking: No Ranking
Athlete Biography
After finishing in the top ten at four different World Junior Championships (02, 03, 04, and 05), Mari joined the elite ranks by competing in her first World Cup in 2005,the Commonwealth Games in 2006 and Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. In 2008 she also finished 3rd in the U23 World Championships becoming the first and only African to medal at a ITU Triathlon Elite World Championship. Mari won the very prestigious academic scholarship, a Rhodes Scholarship in 2010 to study at Oxford University for two years.
Athlete Sponsors: Champion-Systems, Oakley
Athlete Language: Afrikaans,English
Athlete Tri Entry Year: 2002
Athlete Other Sports: Mountainbiking
Athlete Education: MSc Applied Statistics, Oxford Degree BComm Actuarial Science, Stellenbosch
Athlete Hobbies: Studying, sailing sleeping, reading
Athlete Sports Hero: Rodger Bannister
Athlete Injuries: Stress fractures: Sept 2007, April 2008, April 2009,May 2010. Achilles September 2010, May-Dec 2011
Athlete Coach: Ben Bright

