Justine Robbeson

Justine Robbeson

Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  South Africa
All-Africa Games
Gold	2011 Maputo	Javelin throw

Justine Gail Robbeson (born 15 May 1985 in Benoni) is a South African athlete who specialises in the javelin throw. She previously competed in the heptathlon, achieving a personal best of 5868 in 2004. Justine attended Springs Girls' High School and is currently studying for a BSc degree in nutrition and human movement at North-West University, Potchefstroom, where she is a member of the athletics club coached by Terseus Liebenberg.^[1]

Her personal best javelin throw is 63.49 metres, achieved in February 2008 in Potchefstroom. It was an African record^[2] until July 2009, when her compatriot Sunette Viljoen threw 65.46 at the qualifying round of 2009 Summer Universiade in Beograd.^[3]

Achievements

Representing  South Africa
2001	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	2nd	Javelin throw	51.54 m
2002	World Schools Gymnasiade	Caen, France	2nd	Long jump
2003	All Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	2nd	Heptathlon	5697 pts
	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	2nd	Heptathlon	5587 pts
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	Heptathlon	5868 pts
2005	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	3rd	Javelin throw	58.70 m
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	1st	Javelin throw	60.60 m
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	3rd	Javelin throw	61.38 m
2007	All Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	Javelin throw	58.09 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	13th (q)	Javelin throw	59.63 m
2010	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India	3rd	Javelin throw	60.03 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	3rd	Javelin throw	59.78 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	19th (q)	Javelin throw	58.08 m
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	1st	Javelin throw	55.33 m
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	2nd	Javelin throw	52.81 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	13th (q)	Javelin throw	59.63 m

References

External links

• Justine Robbeson profile at IAAF
• 2008 Olympic Profile for Justine Robbeson