| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Jovan Daniél van Vuuren | |||||||||||
| Born | (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 (age 28) Bloemfontein, Free State | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.93m | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Country | South Africa | |||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Long jump | |||||||||||
| Coached by | Neil Cornelius (2018 - Present) | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best | 8.30 m (27 ft 2+3⁄4 in) (2024) | |||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||
South Africa
Jovan Dániel van Vuuren (born 17 July 1996) is a South African Olympic athlete who competes as a long jumper.
A native of Bloemfontein, van Vuuren was a bronze medalist in long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. It was a breakthrough year for van Vuuren as he also jumped a career best 8.16 metres that season, won his first national long jump title and appeared at the World Championships. In 2024, Jovan jumped an Olympic Qualifier and Personal Best of 8.30m.
References
- "SA long jump champ aims to make the best of every opportunity in 2023". Pretoria Rekord. 24 January 2023.
- "Van Vuuren is only the fourth SA long jumper to medal at the Commonwealth Games". SuperSport. 5 August 2022.
- "SA long jump star Jovan van Vuuren not giving up on world championship dream despite injury". iol.co.za. 10 March 2023.
External links
  | This biographical article relating to South African athletics is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 1996 births
- Living people
- South African male long jumpers
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa
- Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Sportspeople from Bloemfontein
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for South Africa
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- South African athletics biography stubs