Mari Rabie (born 10 September 1986) is a South African triathlete who competed in the 2008 & 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Rabie was elected as a Rhodes Scholar for 2010. She graduated with a Masters in Applied Statistics from St Catherine's College Oxford in 2011 and an MBA at Oxford University in 2013 at Exeter College. She has completed her degree in Actuarial Science at the University of Stellenbosch in 2009 and attended Bloemhof Girls' High School in Stellenbosch.

In 2008, she finished 43rd in the Olympic triathlon event after suffering severe technical problems with her bike. She described Beijing as her "greatest disappointment ever", only once returning to International Competition with a 4th place in 2010.

Mari Rabie

Rabie returned to racing briefly between her two Oxford degrees with a 3rd-place finish at the World Xterra Championships in Maui, Hawaii in 2012.

Mari Rabie

She briefly returned to racing in 2014 and was diagnosed with myocarditis in June 2014, she resumed training in 2015 & qualified for the Rio Olympic Games where she finished 11th. She obtained her Oxford MBA in 2013.

Mari Rabie

Rabie retired from professional sport in October 2016.

Results

2016 results

11th Olympic Games Rio

2012 results

3rd Xterra World Championships

2010 results

1st South African Ironman 70.3

1st South African Xterra

South African Champion

4th ITU World Cup Triathlon, Monterrey Mexico

2008 results

All African Champion

South African Champion

3rd World U23 Triathlon Championships

References

External links

profile

1986 births

Living people

South African female triathletes

Olympic triathletes for South Africa

Triathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Triathletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa

South African people of British descent

Alumni of St Catherine's College, Oxford

Alumni of Saïd Business School

South African Rhodes Scholars

20th-century South African women

21st-century South African women