Janice Josephs (born 31 March 1982 in Cape Town) is a South African heptathlete turned long jumper.
She finished nineteenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the latter in a personal best score of 6181 points.2006 Commonwealth Games results – women's heptathlon On the regional level she won a silver medal at the 2004 African Championships and the gold at the 2006 African Championships. At the 2007 All-Africa Games she only entered the long jump competition, which she won with a new personal best of 6.79 metres.2007 All-Africa Games, women's long jump final She did not reach the final at the 2007 World Championships, but finished eighth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and won another gold medal at the 2008 African Championships.
Competition record Representing 2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile28th (h)200m25.65 (wind: -1.2 m/s)2002African ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia1st4 × 100 m relay45.60 s2004African ChampionshipsBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo3rdHigh jump1.50 m2ndHeptathlon5785 ptsOlympic GamesAthens, Greece19thHeptathlon6074 pts2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland –HeptathlonDNF2006Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia5thHeptathlon6181 ptsAfrican ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius 1stHeptathlon5876 pts2007All-Africa GamesAlgiers, Algeria 1stLong jump6.79 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan24th (q)Long jump6.44 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain8thLong jump6.25 mAfrican ChampionshipsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia 1stLong jump6.64 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany30th (q)Long jump6.22 m2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar21st (q)Long jump6.02 m2012African ChampionshipsPorto-Novo, Benin 2ndLong jump6.29 m
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