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Jason Jullian van Rooyen (born 4 February 1997) is a South African athlete who competes in the shot put.

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 and then 19.82m in the final, finishing fourth overall.

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. He competed in Naples and the Athletics at the 2019 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put, finishing sixth with a throw of 19.53m.

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.

References

1. "Athlete profile - Jason Jullian VAN ROOYEN". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
2. Etheridge, Mark (21 August 2014). "Van Rooyen reaches shot put final".
3. "2nd Youth Olympic Games | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
4. "Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade (Athletics) Event Overview Men's Shot Put". res-taipei.fisu.net.
5. "Men's Shot Put - Final" (PDF). SUMMER UNIVERSIADE 2019.
6. "#TuksAthletics: Kyle Blignaut and Jason van Rooyen on a mission to revive shotput in South Africa | University of Pretoria". www.up.ac.za.

• 1997 births
• Living people
• South African male shot putters
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
• Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
• Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for South Africa
• 21st-century South African sportsmen