John Robert Oosthuizen (born 23 January 1987) is a South African

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er. 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

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and helped him to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Achievements

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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* 1987 births Living people Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent South African male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Universiade silver medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub