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Willem Coertzen is a South African track and field athlete who competes in the decathlon.

Career

He was the silver medallist in the event at the African Championships in Athletics in 2008. He is the current South African national record holder in the event with his score of 8343.

A month later at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics in Addis Ababa, he took the silver medal in the decathlon behind Algeria"s Larbi Bouraada and also managed a bronze medal in the pole vault event with a modest clearance of 4.00 m.

He underwent a groin operation in November that year, leading him to miss the following year"s national championships.

The following May he completed two decathlons: he set a new South African record in the event with a score of 7907 points for third place at the Multistars meeting in Desenzano del Garda.

Although he was eleventh at the 2009 Hypo-Meeting in Götzis later t Willem COERTZEN | Profile | World Athletics LOFET