Johannes Viljoen

{{short description|South African athlete}}

{{for|the politician|Johannes Hendrikus Viljoen}}

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|image =Johannes Viljoen 1928.jpg

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|caption=Viljoen at the 1928 Olympics

|birth_date= 11 January 1904

|birth_place= Hanover, Northern Cape, South Africa

| death_date = 3 September 1976 (aged 72)

| death_place = Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

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|sport=Athletics

|event= Decathlon

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|pb= 100 yd – 9.8 (1929)
110 mH – 14.6y (1933)
LJ – 7.50 m (1929)
HJ – 1.905 m (1930)

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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1930 Hamilton | High jump}}

{{MedalBronze| 1930 Hamilton | Long jump}}

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Johannes Hendrikus "Snaar" Viljoen (11 January 1904 – 3 September 1976) was a South African athlete. He competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the long jump, triple jump, 100 meters, 110 meter hurdles and decathlon, but failed to reach the finals.

At the 1930 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the high jump and the bronze medal in the long jump, finishing fourth in the 120 yards hurdles. He also participated in the 220 yards, in the 440 yards hurdles, and in the hammer throw contests. Four years later at the 1934 British Empire Games he reached the 120 yards hurdles final, but did not finish the race.

Competition record

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1930

|British Empire Games

|Hamilton, Ontario

|1st heat

|220 y

|NT

References

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[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/johannes-viljoen-1.html Johannes Viljoen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019074331/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/johannes-viljoen-1.html |date=19 October 2012 }}. sports-reference.com

[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=8504&Gender=M Snaar Viljoen]. trackfield.brinkster.net

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Category:1904 births

Category:1976 deaths

Category:People from Emthanjeni Local Municipality

Category:Afrikaner people

Category:South African male sprinters

Category:South African male hurdlers

Category:South African male high jumpers

Category:South African male long jumpers

Category:South African male triple jumpers

Category:South African decathletes

Category:South African male hammer throwers

Category:Olympic athletes for South Africa

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1930 British Empire Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa

Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics

Category:Athletes from the Northern Cape

Category:Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games

Category:20th-century South African sportsmen

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