Liezel Roux

Liezel Roux
nation	South Africa
birthday	25th May 1967 (age 53)
Career
discipline	Javelin throw
Best performance	50.62 m
status	resigned
End of career	2000
Medal table
Africa Games 1 × 0 × 0 × African Championships 1 × 1 × 0 ×
Africa Games gold Johannesburg 1999 49.38 m  African Championships silver Belle Vue Maurel 1992 52.42 m gold Durban 1993 48.24 m
last change: July 7th, 2020

Liezel Roux (born May 25, 1967 ) is a former South African javelin thrower .

Athletic career

Liezel Roux gained her first international experience in 1992, when she won the silver medal behind Kenyan Seraphine Nyauma at the African Championships in Belle Vue Maurel with a width of 52.42 m . The following year she won the African Championships in Durban with 48.24 m and in 1999 she also won the African Games in Durban with 49.38 m. The following year she ended her career as a track and field athlete.

In 1996, 1997 and 1999 Roux was the South African javelin champion.

Web links

• Liezel Roux in the database of World Athletics (English)