Jason van Rooyen explained

Jason van Rooyen
Fullname:Jason Jullian van Rooyen
Birth Date:3 February 1997
Country:South Africa
Sport:Athletics
Event:Shot put
Pb: (2021)

Jason Jullian van Rooyen (born 4 February 1997) is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put.[1]

He won gold at the 2014 African Youth Games in Botswana with a throw of 18.97m. At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, van Rooyen threw personal bests of 19.73m in qualifying[2] and then 19.82m in the final, finishing fourth overall.[3]

He competed in Taipei at the Athletics at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put qualifying for the final with a throw of 18.90m who he didn’t better.[4] He competed in Naples and the Athletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put, finishing sixth with a throw of 19.53m.[5]

Van Rooyen won on 29 April 2021 in Potchefstroom with a distance of 21.14 metres, qualifying for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Along with Kyle Blignaut, it is the first time that two South African shot-putters have gone past the 21-metre marker in the same year. His personal best throw placed van Rooyen third on the all time South African list.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete profile - Jason Jullian VAN ROOYEN . . 20 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Van Rooyen reaches shot put final. Mark. Etheridge. August 21, 2014.
  3. Web site: 2nd Youth Olympic Games | World Athletics. worldathletics.org.
  4. Web site: Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade (Athletics) Event Overview Men's Shot Put. res-taipei.fisu.net.
  5. Web site: Men's Shot Put - Final . SUMMER UNIVERSIADE 2019.
  6. Web site:
    1. TuksAthletics: Kyle Blignaut and Jason van Rooyen on a mission to revive shotput in South Africa | University of Pretoria
    . www.up.ac.za.