Sunette Viljoen

Sunette Viljoen

Sunette Viljoen in 2010
Personal information
Born	(1983-10-06) 6 October 1983 (age 33) Rustenburg, South Africa
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	South Africa
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Javelin throw
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin throw World Championships 2011 Daegu Javelin throw 2015 Beijing Javelin throw Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Javelin throw 2010 New Delhi Javelin throw 2014 Glasgow Javelin throw All-Africa Games 2003 Abuja Javelin throw 2007 Algiers Javelin throw African Championships 2004 Brazzaville Javelin throw 2008 Addis Ababa Javelin throw 2010 Nairobi Javelin throw 2014 Marrakech Javelin throw 2016 Durban Javelin throw 2006 Bambous Javelin throw Afro-Asian Games 2003 Hyderabad Javelin throw Universiade 2009 Belgrade Javelin throw 2011 Shenzhen Javelin throw Continental Cup 2010 Split Javelin throw
Updated on 30 August 2015.

Sunette Stella Viljoen (born 6 October 1983) is a South African sportswoman who has represented her country in both cricket and athletics. In athletics, she competes as a javelin thrower and has won an Olympic silver medal (in 2016) and two Commonwealth Games gold medals (in 2006 and 2010), as well as medals in various other competitions. As a cricketer, she represented the South African national team between 2000 and 2002, including at the 2000 World Cup in New Zealand.

Viljoen was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (present-day North West). She attended Die Hoërskool Rustenburg and her first language is Afrikaans. Viljoen made her international cricket debut for South Africa in June 2000, in a One Day International (ODI) match against England. She was 17 years and 10 days old at the time, becoming the youngest woman to play ODI cricket for South Africa (a record since broken by several others). Later in the year, Viljoen was selected in the South African squad for the 2000 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. A right-handed all-rounder, she appeared in all eight of her team's matches at the tournament, and against England scored 54 not out, which was to be the highest score of her ODI career. Against Ireland in a later match, she took 3/27 from ten overs, the best bowling figures of her international career. Viljoen's final international matches for South Africa came in March 2002, in a home series against India. She played four ODIs and the only Test match of her career, in which she scored 17 runs in the first innings and 71 in the second (the third-highest score of the match).