Rocco van Rooyen RSA  |
| Date of birth: 23 December 92 |
| Age: 28 years 7 days |
| Height: 188 cm |
| Weight: 93 kg |
| Club/team: BAK |
| Javelin Throw African Junior Champion 2011 |
| Javelin Throw 6th at World Junior Championships 2010 |
| 2 National Titles |
| Javelin Throw World Junior Alltime no. 157 75.72A Gaborone 14 May 2011 |
| Javelin Throw World Alltime no. 47 87.62 Paarl 28 Nov 2020 |
▲PROGRESSION
Personal bests in BOLD.
| Javelin Throw (700g) | |||||||
| Outdoor Alltime Show/hide | |||||||
| 2009 69.42A | 2-17 | Pretoria | 28 Mar | ||||
| Javelin Throw | |||||||
| Outdoor Alltime Show/hide | |||||||
| 2009 67.40 | 3 | Stellenbosch | 11 Dec | ||||
| 2010 74.13 | 6-19 | Moncton | 23 Jul | ||||
| 2011 75.72A | 1-19 | Gaborone | 14 May | ||||
| 2012 71.36A | 2 | Pretoria | 5 May | ||||
| 2013 72.66A | 2-22 | Pretoria | 6 Apr | ||||
| 2014 80.10 | 1 | Bellville | 29 Mar | ||||
| 2015 85.39 | 1 | Cape Town | 23 May | ||||
| 2016 78.48 | 24q | Rio de Janeiro | 17 Aug | ||||
| 2017 84.09 | 1 | Parow | 18 Mar | ||||
| 2018 75.20 | 1 | Paarl | 22 Mar | ||||
| 2019 77.82 | 1 | Germiston | 25 Apr | ||||
| 2020 87.62 | 1 | Paarl | 28 Nov | ||||
▲IN MAJOR EVENTS
| Outdoor | |||||
| Javelin Throw | |||||
| WJ | 2010: | 6-19 | 74.13 | 8q-19 | 69.74 |
| AfrC | 2011: | 1-19 | 75.72A | ||
| AfrC | 2014: | 6 | 75.41 | ||
| CWG | 2014: | 6 | 76.84 | 7q | 77.57 |
| WC | 2015: | 28q | 75.55 | ||
| OG | 2016: | 24q | 78.48 | ||
| WC | 2017: | 30q | 74.02 | ||
▲PERSONAL BESTS
note:click on indoor/outdoor to see PB progression.
| Javelin Throw (700g) | ||||||||
| Outdoor | 69.42A | Pretoria | 28 Mar 2009 | |||||
| Javelin Throw | ||||||||
| Winstreak: 2 (finals) Show/hide | ||||||||
| competitions over 87m: 1 | ||||||||
| Outdoor | 87.62 | Paarl | 28 Nov 2020 | |||||
▲AVERAGES & 10 BEST RESULTS
| Javelin Throw, 10 best results (legal): | |||||||
| 87.62 | 1 | Paarl | 28 Nov 2020 | ||||
| 85.50 | 1 | Paarl | 4 Nov 2020 | ||||
| 85.39 | 1 | Cape Town | 23 May 2015 | ||||
| 84.09 | 1 | Parow | 18 Mar 2017 | ||||
| 80.56 | 1 | Potchefstroom | 8 May 2015 | ||||
| 80.33 | 7 | Roma | 4 Jun 2015 | ||||
| 80.20 | 1 | Lappeenranta | 31 May 2017 | ||||
| 80.10 | 1 | Bellville | 29 Mar 2014 | ||||
| 79.92 | 1 | Parow | 25 Feb 2017 | ||||
| 79.74A | 2 | Potchefstroom | 21 Apr 2017 | ||||
| Average: 82.345 | |||||||
Total results in db: 56
By event:
| Javelin Throw (700g): | 1 |
| Javelin Throw: | 55 |
▲IN 2020
position in the world list in brackets following the season's best,
junior list position in green and youth list position in orange.
help: click on competition name or Venue to see competition results.
help: click on placing to see event results in the competition.
| Javelin Throw | |||||||
| 71.63A | SB | 2 | Potchefstroom | Potchefstroom | 3 Mar | ||
| 85.50 | PB | 1 | Paarl | Paarl | 4 Nov | ||
| 78.90 SB 77.90 81.80 SB 80.53 81.80 =SB 85.50 PB | |||||||
| 87.62 | PB (3) | 1 | Paarl | Paarl | 28 Nov | ||
▲TOP 100 WORLD LIST POSITIONS
| Season | Ind/Out | Event | Pos | Result |
| 2009 | Outdoor | Javelin Throw (700g) | 35 | 69.42A |
| 2014 | Outdoor | Javelin Throw | 53 | 80.10 |
| 2015 | Outdoor | Javelin Throw | 14 | 85.39 |
| 2016 | Outdoor | Javelin Throw | 94 | 78.48 |
| 2017 | Outdoor | Javelin Throw | 25 | 84.09 |
| 2019 | Outdoor | Javelin Throw | 92 | 77.82 |
| 2020 | Outdoor | Javelin Throw | 3 | 87.62 |