Sunette VILJOEN

Sunette VILJOEN - South Africa - Silver medal at 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 05 June 2016

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Thursday, 06 October 1983
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Johannesburg, South Africa.
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  • South Africa
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Sunette VILJOEN - South Africa - Silver medal at 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Twelve years after her Olympic debut (2004 35th, 2008 33rd and 4th in 2012) Sunette finally

was rewarded with a silver medal for all her efforts. The bronze medalist at the 2015

World Championships she had won gold medals at two Commonwealth Games and four

African Championships, but his was her best result on the global stage.

Her best ever throw was back in 2012 at New York (69.35m)

 


2016 Olympic Games  Rio de Janeiro.

Women's javelin final.


 1.     Sara Kolak     Croatia       66.18m    NR
 2.     Sunette Viljoen     South Africa
      64.92

 3.     Barbora Špotáková     Czech Republic
      64.80

 4.     Maria Andrejczyk     Poland
      64.78

 5.     Tatsiana Khaladovich     Belarus
      64.60

 6.     Kathryn Mitchell     Australia
      64.36

 7.     Lu Huihui     China
      64.04
  SB
 8.     Christina Obergföll     Germany
      62.92

 

ANNUAL PROGRESS:


2002   58.33  Potchefstroom (RSA) 07 DEC 2002

2003   61.59  Durban (RSA) 07 DEC 2003

2004   61.15  Pretoria (RSA) 20 FEB 2004

2005   57.31  Parow (RSA) 16 DEC 2005

2006   60.72  Melbourne (AUS) 19 MAR 2006

2007   58.39  Bangkok (THA) 14 AUG 2007

2008   62.24  Potchefstroom (RSA) 26 FEB 2008

2009   65.43  Beograd (SRB) 07 JUL 2009

2010   66.38  Stadion Juliska, Praha (CZE) 14 JUN 2010

2011   68.38  DS, Daegu (KOR) 02 SEP 2011

2012   69.35  Icahn Stadium, New York, NY (USA) 09 JUN 2012

2013   64.51  Luzhniki, Moskva (RUS) 16 AUG 2013

2014   65.32  Le Grande Stade, Marrakesh (MAR) 13 AUG 2014

2015   66.62  Albert Park, Melbourne (AUS) 21 MAR 2015

2016   65.14  Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha (QAT) 06 MAY 2016

2017   63.49  Potchefstroom (RSA) 21 APR 2017

2018   62.46  Sasolburg (RSA) 27 MAR 2018

2019   61.22  Pretoria (RSA) 15 MAR 2019

2020   58.30  Bestmed Tuks Stadium, Pretoria (RSA) 13 MAR 2020

2021   60.60  McArthur Stadium, Potchefstroom (RSA) 16 MAR 2021