Justine Gail Robbeson (born 15 May 1985 in Benoni) is a South African athlete who specialised in the javelin throw. She previously competed in the heptathlon, achieving a personal best of 5868 in 2004. Justine attended Springs Girls' High School. She completed her BSc degree in Nutrition and Human Movement Sciences, BSc Honours degree in Nutrition, and MSc degree in Sports Nutrition at North-West University, Potchefstroom, 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 Potchefstroom. It was an African record until July 2009, when her compatriot Sunette Viljoen threw 65.46 metres at the qualifying round of the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia.IAAF, 8 July 2009: 65.46m African record in the Javelin Throw for Viljoen in Belgrade – World University Games Day 1
Achievements Representing 2001World Youth ChampionshipsDebrecen, Hungary 2ndJavelin throw51.54 m2002World Schools Gymnasiade Caen, France 2ndLong jump2003All Africa GamesAbuja, Nigeria 2ndHeptathlon5697 ptsAfro-Asian GamesHyderabad, India 2ndHeptathlon5587 pts2004World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 1stHeptathlon5868 pts2005Universiadeİzmir, Turkey 3rdJavelin throw58.70 m2006African Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1stJavelin throw60.60 mWorld Cup Athens, Greece 3rdJavelin throw61.38 m2007All Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria 1stJavelin throw58.09 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China13th (q)Javelin throw59.63 m2010Commonwealth GamesNew Delhi, India 3rdJavelin throw60.03 m2011UniversiadeShenzhen, China 3rdJavelin throw59.78 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea19th (q)Javelin throw58.08 mAll-Africa GamesMaputo, Mozambique 1stJavelin throw55.33 m2012African ChampionshipsPorto Novo, Benin 2ndJavelin throw52.81 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom13th (q)Javelin throw59.63 m
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