Justine Gail Robbeson (born 15 May 1985 in Benoni) is a South African athlete who specialised in the

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. She previously competed in the

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, achieving a personal best of 5868 in 2004. Justine attended

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Girls' High School. She completed her

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degree in Nutrition and Human Movement Sciences, BSc Honours degree in Nutrition, and MSc degree in Sports Nutrition at

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, where she was a member of the athletics club coached by Terseus Liebenberg. Her personal best javelin throw is 63.49 metres, achieved in February 2008 in

. It was an African record until July 2009, when her compatriot

Sunette Viljoen Sunette Stella Viljoen (born 6 October 1983) is a South African sportswoman who has represented her country in both cricket and athletics. In athletics, she competes as a javelin thrower and has won an Olympic silver medal ( in 2016) and two C ...

threw 65.46 metres at the qualifying round of the

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in Belgrade,

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.IAAF, 8 July 2009
65.46m African record in the Javelin Throw for Viljoen in Belgrade – World University Games Day 1
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* * 1985 births Living people People from Benoni South African female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games South African people of British descent North-West University alumni Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists 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 2003 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games Universiade bronze medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Gauteng Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub