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Juan van Deventer
South African middle distance runner

Juan van Deventer

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South African middle distance runner
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Place of birth
Vereeniging
Age
41 years
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Biography

Juan Pierre van Deventer (born 26 March 1983) is a South African middle distance runner, who represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
He won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics. Later that year, he became the first South African man to reach the Olympic 1500 m final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he finished sixth. He has a 1500 m personal best of 3:34.46 and he is also the South African record holder in the 3000 metres with a time of 7:41.06 set in Stockholm in 2008.
Juan finished second in his indoor debut at the International PSD Bank Meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany in February 2010 also setting a new national 1500 m record of 3 min 37.25 sec – a record previously set by Sydney Maree 31 years ago in a time of 3 min 38.2 sec. He reached the 1500 m final at the 2010 World Indoor Championships and finished sixth.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  South Africa
2005UniversiadeIzmir, Turkey7th800 m1:48.50
2006African ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius9th1500 m3:50.60
2007All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria7th1500 m3:40.48
UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand12th1500 m3:55.18
2008African ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia3rd1500 m3:43.63
Olympic GamesBeijing, China6th1500 m3:34.77
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar6th1500 m3:43.77
African ChampionshipsNairobi, Kenya6th1500 m3:37.99
2012African ChampionshipsPorto Novo, Benin8th1500 m3:40.80

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