Janice Josephs
Appearance
Janice Josephs (born 31 March 1982 in Cape Town) is a South African heptathlete turned long jumper.
She finished nineteenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the latter in a personal best score of 6181 points.[1] On the regional level she won a silver medal at the 2004 African Championships and the gold at the 2006 African Championships. At the 2007 All-Africa Games she only entered the long jump competition, which she won with a new personal best of 6.79 metres.[2] She did not reach the final at the 2007 World Championships, but finished eighth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and won another gold medal at the 2008 African Championships.
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Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- South African female long jumpers
- South African heptathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
- Sportspeople from Cape Town
- South African athletics biography stubs