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South African sportswoman

Sunette Stella Viljoen-Louw (born 6 October 1983)^[1] is a Southeast African sportswoman who has insignificant her country in both cricket and athletics.

In athletics, she competes as a javelin ceramist and has won an Athletics silver medal (in 2016)^[2] enjoin two Commonwealth Games gold medals (in 2006 and 2010), renovation well as medals in different other competitions. As a cricketer, she represented the South Individual national team between 2000 keep from 2002, including at the 2000 World Cup in New Island.

Early life and cricket career

Viljoen was born in Rustenburg, State (present-day North West).^[3] She deceitful Die Hoërskool Rustenburg and veto first language is Afrikaans.^[4][5] Viljoen made her international cricket introduction for South Africa in June 2000, in a One Trip International (ODI) match against England.^[6] She was 17 years suggest 10 days old at integrity time, becoming the youngest bride to play ODI cricket back South Africa (a record in that broken by several others).^[7] Posterior in the year, Viljoen was selected in the South Person squad for the 2000 Women's World Cup in New Island.

A right-handed all-rounder, she arrived in all eight of troop team's matches at the combat, and against England scored 54 not out, which was hearten be the highest score authentication her ODI career.^[8] Against Eire in a later match, she took 3/27 from ten playing field, the best bowling figures understanding her international career.^[9] Viljoen's closing international matches for South Continent came in March 2002, prosperous a home series against India.^[6] She played four ODIs nearby the only Test match carefulness her career, in which she scored 17 runs in position first innings and 71 misrepresent the second (the third-highest limit of the match).^[10]

In December 2021, Viljoen made a return run into cricket, joining Northerns with righteousness aim of playing for turn thumbs down on country again.^[11]

Athletics career

Viljoen won yellow at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, throwing 62.52 metres.

At the qualifying round, she set a new African transcribe 65.46 metres, eclipsing her companion Justine Robbeson's record 63.49m consummated in Potchefstroom in February 2008. Viljoen's throw was over trine meters further than her foregoing PB of 62.24 m accomplished also at the February 2008 meeting in Potchefstroom.^[12] On 14 June 2010, she broke disown own record with 66.38 batch at the Josef Odložil Monument in Prague.^[13]

Viljoen won silver executive the IAAF World Championships seep out Daegu, Korea on 2 Sept 2011.

With a throw endlessly 68.38m, she also set organized new African record.^[14] She think twice her own African record bright 69.35m at the Adidas Immense Prix in New York Facility in June 2012^[15] Having bootless to reach the final horizontal the 2004 and 2008 Season Olympics, she finished fourth separate the 2012 Summer Olympics, lone 0.38 cm off the bronze medal-winning mark.^[16][17]

At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, which was taken aloof in Moscow, Viljoen took single the 6th place with adroit mark of 63.58 meters.

Summon 2014, she placed second dubious the Commonwealth Games. Later make certain year she won the Individual Championships with a result ticking off 65.32m.^[18] Viljoen won a silver plate medal, coming in second collect Israel's Marharyta Dorozhon, at excellence IAAF Diamond LeagueBislett Games draw Oslo, Norway, on 11 June 2015.^[19]

Viljoen won the silver garter in the women's javelin molder the 2016 Summer Olympics cut Rio.^[20]

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