Jason van Rooyen

{{short description|South African athlete}}

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| fullname = Jason Jullian van Rooyen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|2|3|df=y}}

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| country = South Africa

| sport = Athletics

| event = Shot put

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| pb = {{T&Fcalc|21.14}} (2021)

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Jason Jullian van Rooyen (born 4 February 1997) is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put.{{cite web |title=Athlete profile - Jason Jullian VAN ROOYEN |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/south-africa/jason-van-rooyen-14576718 |website=World Athletics |access-date=20 June 2021}}

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{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamsa.co.za/van-rooyen-reaches-shot-put-final-in-nanjing/|title=Van Rooyen reaches shot put final|first=Mark|last=Etheridge|date=August 21, 2014}} and then 19.82m in the final, finishing fourth overall.{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/youth-olympic-games/2nd-youth-olympic-games-7066122/results/men/shot-put-5kg/final/series|title=2nd Youth Olympic Games | World Athletics|website=worldathletics.org}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://res-taipei.fisu.net/eng/zz/engzz_athletics-event-overview-men-s-shot-put.htm|title=Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade (Athletics) Event Overview Men's Shot Put|website=res-taipei.fisu.net}} He competed in Naples and the Athletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put, finishing sixth with a throw of 19.53m.{{Cite web | url=http://universiade2019napoli.microplustiming.com/assets/pdf/ATM05101_73R%201.0.pdf | title=Men's Shot Put - Final | publisher=SUMMER UNIVERSIADE 2019}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.up.ac.za/athletics/news/post_2972511-tuksathletics-kyle-blignaut-and-jason-van-rooyen-on-a-mission-to-revive-shotput-in-south-africa|title=#TuksAthletics: Kyle Blignaut and Jason van Rooyen on a mission to revive shotput in South Africa | University of Pretoria|website=www.up.ac.za}}