Juan van Deventer

Juan Pierre van Deventer (born 26 March 1983) is a South African middle distance runner, who represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

He won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics. Later that year, he became the first South African man to reach the Olympic 1500 m final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he finished sixth.^[1] He has a 1500 m personal best of 3:34.46 and he is also the South African record holder in the 3000 metres with a time of 7:41.06 set in Stockholm in 2008.^[2]

Juan finished second in his indoor debut at the International PSD Bank Meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany in February 2010 also setting a new national 1500 m record of 3 min 37.25 sec – a record previously set by Sydney Maree 31 years ago in a time of 3 min 38.2 sec. He reached the 1500 m final at the 2010 World Indoor Championships and finished sixth.^[3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  South Africa
2005	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	7th	800 m	1:48.50
2006	African Championships	Bambous, Mauritius	9th	1500 m	3:50.60
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	7th	1500 m	3:40.48
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	12th	1500 m	3:55.18
2008	African Championships	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	3rd	1500 m	3:43.63
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	6th	1500 m	3:34.77
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	6th	1500 m	3:43.77
	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	6th	1500 m	3:37.99
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	8th	1500 m	3:40.80

References

1. EVENT REPORT – MEN’s 1500m Heats. Doha World Indoor Championships. Retrieved on 2010-11-06.
2. Van Deventer sets SA record. News24 (22 July 2008). Retrieved on 2010-11-06.
3. International Association of Athletics Federations. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

External links

• Official website
• Juan van Deventer profile at IAAF