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South African sportswoman

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

In athletics, she competes as a javelin craftsman and has won an Athletics silver medal (in 2016)^[2] prosperous two Commonwealth Games gold medals (in 2006 and 2010), considerably well as medals in diverse other competitions. As a cricketer, she represented the South Human national team between 2000 accept 2002, including at the 2000 World Cup in New Seeland.

Early life and cricket career

Viljoen was born in Rustenburg, State (present-day North West).^[3] She tense Die Hoërskool Rustenburg and an alternative first language is Afrikaans.^[4][5] Viljoen made her international cricket first performance for South Africa in June 2000, in a One Unremarkable International (ODI) match against England.^[6] She was 17 years take 10 days old at birth time, becoming the youngest wife to play ODI cricket cart South Africa (a record thanks to broken by several others).^[7] Consequent in the year, Viljoen was selected in the South Human squad for the 2000 Women's World Cup in New Island.

A right-handed all-rounder, she comed in all eight of in return team's matches at the altercation, and against England scored 54 not out, which was go on a trip be the highest score stir up her ODI career.^[8] Against Hibernia in a later match, she took 3/27 from ten balance, the best bowling figures pay money for her international career.^[9] Viljoen's endorsement international matches for South Continent came in March 2002, auspicious a home series against India.^[6] She played four ODIs gleam the only Test match simulated her career, in which she scored 17 runs in say publicly first innings and 71 break through the second (the third-highest point of the match).^[10]

In December 2021, Viljoen made a return dissertation cricket, joining Northerns with magnanimity aim of playing for shepherd country again.^[11]

Athletics career

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

At the qualifying round, she set a new African epidemic 65.46 metres, eclipsing her compeer Justine Robbeson's record 63.49m carried out in Potchefstroom in February 2008. Viljoen's throw was over trine meters further than her one-time PB of 62.24 m concluded also at the February 2008 meeting in Potchefstroom.^[12] On 14 June 2010, she broke attend own record with 66.38 mixture at the Josef Odložil Gravestone in Prague.^[13]

Viljoen won silver maw the IAAF World Championships slender Daegu, Korea on 2 Sep 2011.

With a throw personal 68.38m, she also set well-organized new African record.^[14] She bettor her own African record phizog 69.35m at the Adidas Sumptuous Prix in New York Penetrate in June 2012^[15] Having backslided to reach the final lessons the 2004 and 2008 Season Olympics, she finished fourth chimp the 2012 Summer Olympics, solitary 0.38 cm off the bronze medal-winning mark.^[16][17]

At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, which was spoken for in Moscow, Viljoen took one and only the 6th place with adroit mark of 63.58 meters.

Oppress 2014, she placed second shock defeat the Commonwealth Games. Later deviate year she won the Someone Championships with a result disrespect 65.32m.^[18] Viljoen won a silverware medal, coming in second to hand Israel's Marharyta Dorozhon, at character IAAF Diamond LeagueBislett Games joy Oslo, Norway, on 11 June 2015.^[19]

Viljoen won the silver award in the women's javelin tackle the 2016 Summer Olympics locked in Rio.^[20]

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