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{{Short description|South African sportswoman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Sunette Viljoen-Louw
|             country = South Africa
|            fullname = Sunette Stella Viljoen-Louw
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|10|6|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Rustenburg]], [[Transvaal (province)|Transvaal]], South Africa
|             female  = true
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]]
|                role = [[Batting (cricket)|Batter]]

|       international = true
|   internationalspan = 2000–2002

|             onetest = yes
|       testdebutdate = 19 March 
|       testdebutyear = 2002
|    testdebutagainst = India 
|             testcap = 36

|        odidebutdate = 20 June 
|        odidebutyear = 2000
|     odidebutagainst = England
|              odicap = 26
|         lastodidate = 16 March 
|         lastodiyear = 2002
|      lastodiagainst = India

|               club1 = [[North West women's cricket team|North West]]
|               year1 = 2002/03
|               club2 = [[Central Gauteng women's cricket team|Gauteng]]
|               year2 = 2004/05
|               club3 = [[Limpopo women's cricket team|Limpopo]]
|               year3 = 2006/07
|               club4 = [[Northerns women's cricket team|Northerns]]
|               year4 = {{nowrap|2021/22–2022/23}}
|               club5 = [[Central Gauteng women's cricket team|Central Gauteng]]
|               year5 = {{nowrap|2022/23–present}}

|             columns = 2

|             column1 = [[Women's Test cricket|WTest]]
|            matches1 = 1
|               runs1 = 88
|            bat avg1 = 44.00
|           100s/50s1 = 0/1
|          top score1 = 71
|         deliveries1 = –
|            wickets1 = –
|           bowl avg1 = –
|            fivefor1 = –
|             tenfor1 = –
|       best bowling1 = –
|  catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

|             column2 = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]]
|            matches2 = 17
|               runs2 = 198
|            bat avg2 = 16.50
|           100s/50s2 = 0/1
|          top score2 = 54[[not out|*]]
|         deliveries2 = 228
|            wickets2 = 5
|           bowl avg2 = 33.20
|            fivefor2 = 0
|             tenfor2 = 0
|       best bowling2 = 3/27
|  catches/stumpings2 = 3/–

|                date = 16 February
|                year = 2022
|              source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/54597.html Cricinfo
}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| image          = Sunette Viljoen 2010.jpg
| image_size     = 250px
| caption        = Sunette Viljoen in 2010
| fullname       = Sunette Stella Viljoen
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|10|6}}
| birth_place    = [[Rustenburg]], [[South Africa]]
| height         = {{height|m=1.70}}
| weight         = {{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| country        = {{RSA}}
| sport          = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event          = [[Javelin throw]]
| show-medals    = no
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]] | [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|2011 Daegu]]|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|2015 Beijing]]|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 New Delhi]]|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 Commonwealth Games|2014 Glasgow]]|[[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw|Javelin throw]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[All-Africa Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2003 All-Africa Games|2003 Abuja]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 All-Africa Games|2007 Algiers]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[African Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Athletics at the 2019 African Games|2019 Rabat]]| Javelin throw}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 African Championships in Athletics|2004 Brazzaville]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics|2008 Addis Ababa]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 African Championships in Athletics|2010 Nairobi]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalGold|[[2014 African Championships in Athletics|2014 Marrakech]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalGold|[[2016 African Championships in Athletics|2016 Durban]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2006 African Championships in Athletics|2006 Bambous]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Afro-Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 Afro-Asian Games|2003 Hyderabad]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Belgrade]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalGold|[[2011 Summer Universiade|2011 Shenzhen]]|[[Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade|Javelin throw]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF Continental Cup|Continental Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 IAAF Continental Cup|2010 Split]]|Javelin throw}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2014 IAAF Continental Cup|2014 Marrakech]]|Javelin throw}}
| updated        = 16 September 2019
}}
'''Sunette Stella Viljoen-Louw''' (born 6 October 1983)<ref>[http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/athletics/1021709/s_viljoen.html 2014 CWG profile]</ref> is a South African sportswoman who has represented her country in both [[cricket]] and [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]. In athletics, she competes as a [[javelin throw]]er and has won an [[Summer Olympics|Olympic]] silver medal ([[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|in 2016]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sunette VILJOEN|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/sunette-viljoen|access-date=2021-12-10|website=Olympics.com}}</ref> and two [[Commonwealth Games]] gold medals ([[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw|in 2006]] and [[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw|2010]]), as well as medals in various other competitions. As a cricketer, she represented the [[South Africa women's national cricket team|South African national team]] between 2000 and 2002, including at the [[2000 Women's Cricket World Cup|2000 World Cup]] in New Zealand.

==Early life and cricket career==
Viljoen was born in [[Rustenburg]], [[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]] (present-day [[North West (South African province)|North West]]).<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/54597.html South Africa / Players / Sunnette Viljoen] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2016.</ref> She attended [[Die Hoërskool Rustenburg]] and her first language is [[Afrikaans]].<ref>[http://www.rustenburg.biz/news/rusties-blog/rustenburg-is-proud-of-sunette-viljoen/ "Rustenburg is proud of Sunette Viljoen!"], ''Rusties''. Retrieved 19 August 2016.</ref><ref>Noni Mokati,</ref> Viljoen made her international cricket debut for South Africa in June 2000, in a [[Women's One Day International|One Day International]] (ODI) match against [[England women's cricket team|England]].<ref name="odi">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/10/10940/Womens_ODI_Matches.html Women's ODI matches played by Sunnette Viljoen] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 August 2016.</ref> She was 17 years and 10 days old at the time, becoming the youngest woman to play ODI cricket for South Africa (a record since broken by several others).<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283463.html Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2016.</ref> Later in the year, Viljoen was selected in the South African squad for the [[2000 Women's Cricket World Cup|2000 Women's World Cup]] in [[New Zealand]]. A right-handed [[all-rounder]], she appeared in all eight of her team's matches at the tournament, and against England scored 54 [[not out]], which was to be the highest score of her ODI career.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/54597.html?class=9;template=results;type=batting;view=innings Statistics / Statsguru / S Viljoen / Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2016.</ref> Against [[Ireland women's cricket team|Ireland]] in a later match, she took 3/27 from ten overs, the best bowling figures of her international career.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/54597.html?class=9;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings Statistics / Statsguru / S Viljoen / Women's One-Day Internationals / Bowling] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2016.</ref> Viljoen's final international matches for South Africa came in March 2002, in a home series against [[India women's national cricket team|India]].<ref name="odi"/> She played four ODIs and the only [[Women's Test cricket|Test match]] of her career, in which she scored 17 runs in the first innings and 71 in the second (the third-highest score of the match).<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/67514.html India Women tour of South Africa, Only Test: South Africa Women v India Women at Paarl, Mar 19-22, 2002] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2016.</ref>

In December 2021, Viljoen made a return to cricket, joining [[Northerns women's cricket team|Northerns]] with the aim of playing for her country again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/olympian-sunette-viljoen-returns-to-cricket-after-19-years-gap-as-she-signs-with-titans |title=Olympian Sunette Viljoen returns to cricket after 19 years gap as she signs with Titans |work=Women's CricZone |access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref>

==Athletics career==
[[File:Sunette Viljoen Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|right|Viljoen at the [[2011 IAAF World Athletics Championships]] in [[Daegu]], South Korea.]]
Viljoen won gold at the [[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Summer Universiade]] in Belgrade, throwing 62.52 metres. At the qualifying round, she set a new [[List of African records in athletics|African record]] 65.46 metres, eclipsing her compatriot [[Justine Robbeson]]'s record 63.49m achieved in [[Potchefstroom]] in February 2008. Viljoen's throw was over three meters further than her previous PB of 62.24 m achieved also at the February 2008 meeting in Potchefstroom.<ref>IAAF, 8 July 2009: [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=51625.html 65.46m African record in the Javelin Throw for Viljoen in Belgrade – World University Games Day 1]</ref> On 14 June 2010, she broke her own record with 66.38 m at the [[Josef Odložil Memorial]] in [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Viljoen breaks African record|url=http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Athletics/Viljoen-breaks-African-record-20100614|publisher=sport24.co.za|date=14 June 2010|access-date=2010-06-14}}</ref>

Viljoen won silver at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, Korea on 2 September 2011. With a throw of 68.38m, she also set a new African record.<ref>{{cite web |title=Daegu 2011 - Day 7 SUMMARY - 2 September |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/news/daegu-2011-day-7-summary-2-september-1 |work=iaaf.org |access-date=18 September 2024 |date=2 September 2011 |author=Bob Ramsak}}</ref> She improved her own African record to 69.35m at the [[Adidas Grand Prix]] in [[New York City]] in June 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diamondleague-newyork.com/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/Womens-Javelin-Throw/ |title=Women's Javelin Throw |access-date=2012-07-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611023412/http://www.diamondleague-newyork.com/Live-StartlistsResults/Overview/Womens-Javelin-Throw/ |archive-date=11 June 2012 }}</ref> Having failed to reach the final at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics]], she finished fourth at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], only 0.38&nbsp;cm off the bronze medal-winning mark.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sunette Viljoen Bio, Stats, and Results|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/sunette-viljoen-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163213/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/sunette-viljoen-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-17|website = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date = 2015-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = javelin throw women results - Athletics - London 2012 Olympics|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/athletics/javelin-throw-w|website = www.olympic.org|access-date = 2015-07-03}}</ref>

At the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|2013 World Championships in Athletics]], which was held in Moscow, Viljoen took only the 6th place with a mark of 63.58 meters. In 2014, she placed second at the [[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]. Later that year she won the [[2014 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] with a result of 65.32m.<ref>{{cite web |title=Viljoen wins fourth African title, more gold for Mokoena and Chepkirui |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/african-championships-viljoen-mokoena-chepkir |work=iaaf.org |date=14 August 2014 |access-date=18 September 2024 |author=Jon Mulkeen}}</ref> Viljoen won a [[silver medal]], coming in second to Israel's [[Marharyta Dorozhon]], at the [[IAAF Diamond League]] [[Bislett Games]] in [[Oslo]], Norway, on 11 June 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/feature/marharyta-dorozhon-javelin-israel|title=Dorozhon cautiously optimistic of her medal chances in Beijing|date=13 June 2015|work=iaaf.org|author=Mike Rowbottom }}</ref>

Viljoen won the silver medal in the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|women's javelin]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro|Rio]].<ref name="Rio">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1047719.html |title=Former cricketer Sunnette Viljoen bags silver in javelin at Olympics |access-date=19 August 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{RSA}}
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris]], France
|16th (q)
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|56.78 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
|[[Abuja]], Nigeria
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Women's javelin throw|51.68 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games|Afro-Asian Games]]
|[[Hyderabad]], India
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games – Results#Javelin throw 2|55.49 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2004
|[[2004 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Brazzaville]], Republic of the Congo
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2004 African Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|60.13 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens]], Greece
|35th (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|54.45 m]]
|-
|2005
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[İzmir]], Turkey
|12th
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw|51.09 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Melbourne]], Australia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw|60.72 m]]
|-
|[[2006 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Bambous, Mauritius|Bambous]], Mauritius
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2006 African Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|55.64 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
|[[Algiers]], Algeria
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's javelin throw|54.46 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Bangkok]], Thailand
|5th
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw|58.39 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|55.17 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing]], China
|33rd (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|55.58 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Belgrade]], Serbia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw|62.52 m]]
|-
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin]], Germany
|18th (q)
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|56.83 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|[[2010 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Nairobi]], Kenya
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2010 African Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|63.33 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Delhi]], India
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw|62.34 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|[[Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Shenzhen]], China
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Women's javelin throw|66.47 m]]
|-
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu]], South Korea
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|68.38 m]]
|-
|2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London]], United Kingdom
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|64.53 m]]
|-
|2013
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Moscow]], Russia
|6th
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|63.58 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2014
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Glasgow]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw|63.19 m]]
|-
|[[2014 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Marrakech]], Morocco
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|65.32 m]]
|-
|2015
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Beijing]], China
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|65.79 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|[[2016 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]]
|[[Durban]], South Africa
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw|64.08 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|64.92 m]]
|-
|2018
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], Australia
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw|62.08 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2019
|[[Athletics at the 2019 African Games|African Games]]
|[[Rabat]], Morocco
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Women's javelin throw|53.44 m]]
|-
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]
|[[Doha]], Qatar
|17th (q)
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw|60.10 m]]
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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