John Robert Oosthuizen (born 23 January 1987) is a former South African javelin thrower. He stepped away from competition around 2019. He is a second generation athlete following in his father Johan Oosthuizen's footstep. Oosthuizen senior's, who never got the chance to represent his country in international competition, biggest achievement is a throw of 80.92 metres, which he achieved in 1990.
Oosthuizen junior's personal best throw is 86.80 metres which he achieved at the Yellow Pages meeting in Oudsthoorn on 1 March 2008. The throw was better than his 84.52 metres, achieved at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka and helped him to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Achievements Representing 2003World Youth ChampionshipsSherbrooke, Canada 2ndJavelin throw (700g)81.07 m2005African Junior ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia 1stJavelin throw75.94 m2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia5thJavelin throw78.32 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsBeijing, China 1stJavelin throw83.07 m2007All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria 1stJavelin throw78.05 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan6thJavelin throw84.52 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China19th (q)Javelin throw76.16 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany44th (q)Javelin throw67.86 m2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea33rd (q)Javelin throw73.14 m2012African ChampionshipsPorto-Novo, Benin7thJavelin throw62.13 m2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia2ndJavelin throw81.63 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia31st (q)Javelin throw74.36 m2014African ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco3rdJavelin throw77.81 m
Seasonal bests by year 2005 – 75.94 2006 – 83.07 2007 – 84.52 2008 – 86.80 2009 – 81.18 2010 – 82.96 2011 – 84.38 2012 – 77.18 2013 – 81.97 2014 – 79.57
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