Louis Fouché (born 21 March 1970) is a retired

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

er. He won the gold medal at the

1993 Summer Universiade The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as XVII Summer Universiade or World University Games Buffalo '93, took place in Buffalo, New York, United States. Sports * * * * * * * * * * * * Venues *Athletics – University at Buffalo St ...

, the bronze medal at the 1993 African Championships, finished fifth at the

1994 World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football, soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the countr ...

, fifth at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

, won the bronze medal at the

1995 All-Africa Games The 6th All-Africa Games were played from 13 to 23 September 1995 in Harare, Zimbabwe. 46 countries participated in eighteen sports. South Africa, having previously been banned from competition by the other African nations, was invited to the ...

, and the silver medal at the 1996 African Championships, His personal best throw was 79.64 metres, achieved at the 1993 Summer Universiade in Buffalo.

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1970 births Living people South African male javelin throwers Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade 20th-century South African people 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub