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Sunette Viljoen

1983 - Today

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Sunette Stella Viljoen-Louw (born 6 October 1983) is a South African sportswoman who has represented her country in both cricket and athletics. In athletics, she competes as a javelin thrower and has won an Olympic silver medal (in 2016) and two Commonwealth Games gold medals (in 2006 and 2010), as well as medals in various other competitions. As a cricketer, she represented the South African national team between 2000 and 2002, including at the 2000 World Cup in New Zealand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sunette Viljoen has received more than 99,107 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Sunette Viljoen is the 5,039th most popular athlete (down from 3,839th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from South Africa (down from 333rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular South African Athlete.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sunette Viljoen ranks 5,039 out of 6,025. Before her are Yuliya Tkach, James Tomkins, Johannes Ludwig, Michelle Gulyás, Darren Campbell, and Natasha Kaiser-Brown. After her are Richard Limo, Takuya Kai, Yelena Migunova, Guillermo Martínez, Franziska Weber, and Aleksandr Kulikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Sunette Viljoen ranks 1,132. Before her are Atsushi Ito, Channing Frye, Krystyna Guzik, Iñaki Astiz, Josefine Öqvist, and Andreas Zuber. After her are Masahiro Okamoto, Libania Grenot, Yu Eto, Michael Cassidy, Antonio Amaya, and Cao Lei.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Sunette Viljoen ranks 391 out of 454. Before her are Bernard Parker (1986), Luvo Manyonga (1991), Kyle Edmund (1995), Jacques Kallis (1975), Shu-Aib Walters (1981), and Ryan Cox (1979). After her are J. R. Rotem (1975), Senzo Meyiwa (1984), Jacques Freitag (1982), Thuso Mbedu (1991), Shannon Kook (1987), and Lloyd Harris (1997).

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Among ATHLETES In South Africa

Among athletes born in South Africa, Sunette Viljoen ranks 33. Before her are Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (1980), Raúl Martínez (null), Nicholas Martinez (null), Okkert Brits (1973), Rory Sabbatini (1976), and Luvo Manyonga (1991). After her are Jacques Freitag (1982), L. J. van Zyl (1985), James Thompson (1986), Zane Weir (1995), Hezekiél Sepeng (1974), and Akani Simbine (1993).

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