Sunette Viljoen

Sunette Viljoen

Sunette Viljoen in 2010
Personal information
Born	(1983-10-06) 6 October 1983
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Country	South Africa
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Javelin
Medal record World Championships Bronze 2011 Daegu Javelin throw Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne Javelin throw Gold 2010 New Delhi Javelin throw All-Africa Games Bronze 2003 Abuja Javelin throw Bronze 2007 Algiers Javelin throw African Championships Gold 2004 Brazzaville Javelin throw Gold 2008 Addis Ababa Javelin throw Gold 2010 Nairobi Javelin throw Silver 2006 Bambous Javelin throw Afro-Asian Games Gold 2003 Hyderabad Javelin throw Universiade Gold 2009 Belgrade Javelin throw Gold 2011 Shenzhen Javelin throw Continental Cup Silver 2010 Split Javelin throw
Updated on 11 August 2012.

Sunette Stella Viljoen (born 6 October 1983) is a South African javelin thrower, who has won gold at the Commonwealth Games and African Championships. She also made one Women's Test cricket and 17 Women's One Day International appearances for South Africa between 2000 and 2002.^[1]

She won gold at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, throwing 62.52 metres. At the qualifying round she set a new African record 65.46 metres, eclipsing her compatriot Justine Robbeson's record 63.49m achieved in Potchefstroom in February 2008. Viljoen's throw was over three meters further than her previous PB of 62.24 m achieved also at the February 2008 meeting in Potchefstroom.^[2] On 14 June 2010 she broke her own record with 66.38 m at the Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague.^[3]

She went on to win bronze at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, Korea on 2 September 2011. With a throw of 68.38m, she also set a new African Record.

Again on 9 June 2012 she improved her own African record to 69.35m at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York City.^[4]

Sunette Viljoen being declared the winner at the 2010 Josef Odložil Memorial, only several minutes after her record throw. Former world record holder and Olympic champion of 1952 Dana Zátopková comes with congratulations.

Competition record

Representing  South Africa
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	16th (q)	56.78 m
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	3rd	51.68 m
	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	1st	55.49 m
2004	African Championships	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	1st	60.13 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	35th (q)	54.45 m
2005	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	12th	51.09 m
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	1st	60.72 m
	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	2nd	55.64 m
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	3rd	54.46 m
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	5th	58.39 m
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	55.17 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	33rd (q)	55.58 m
2009	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	62.52 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (q)	56.83 m
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	63.33 m
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	1st	62.34 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	1st	66.47 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	68.38 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	4th	64.53 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	6th	63.58 m

References

External links

• Sunette Viljoen profile at IAAF
• Player profile: Sunette Viljoen from CricketArchive
• Player profile: Sunette Viljoen from ESPNcricinfo