Johannes ("Hannes") Hopley (born 26 January 1981) is a South African

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

er, born in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

. His personal best throw is 67.66 metres, achieved in May 2004 in College Station.

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* 1981 births Living people Athletes from Pretoria South African male discus throwers South African male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games 21st-century South African people 20th-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub