Janus Robberts (born 10 March 1979 in

Louis Trichardt Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...

) is a South African athlete who competes in the

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

, and occasionally

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 ...

. He is the current African record holder in shot put with 21.97 metres, and also a former junior world record holder. He also holds the African indoor record with 21.47 metres, achieved in December 2001 in

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.Area Indoor Records - Men - Africa
- IAAF.org

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* 1979 births Living people People from Louis Trichardt South African male shot putters South African male discus throwers Olympic athletes of South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games Sportspeople from Limpopo African Championships in Athletics winners South African Athletics Championships winners 20th-century South African people 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub