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John van Reenen
Born	(1947-03-26)26 March 1947 Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa
Died	21 August 2018(2018-08-21) (aged 71)
Occupation	Athlete
Sports career

John van Reenen (26 March 1947 – 21 August 2018) was a South African graphic artist and discus thrower, who was best known for setting the world record in the men's discus event in 1975. He was drafted in the 14th round of the 1972 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers, despite never having played American Football. [1]

Biography

John van Reenen was born on 26 March 1947 in Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa. As an athlete, his international competitive exposure was limited by the ban on South Africa from international games, imposed due to the apartheid regime at the time. He managed to compete overseas via representing his university Washington State University where he was pursuing his art studies on a scholarship (one of five offered to him) based on his athletics prowess. Van Reenen studied Fine Art throughout his athletics career, specialising in etchings.

In the 1970 season he twice broke the South African record while competing for WSU, but his major mark was in the spring of 1975, when on 14 March, at a meet in Stellenbosch, he threw 68.48m to set a new world record. He later won the British 3A's championship that year. Ten years on he won the South African national championships in 1985, 1986 and 1987.

Van Reenan became an artist and joined the studio of Jan Vermeiren.^[2] He lectured at the University of Stellenbosch his subject matter being Etchings. As an artist he found some success with his art having sold across the United States of America and throughout South Africa.

Van Reenen was inducted into the South African Sports Hall of Fame in February 2009 for his World Record Discus Throw.

v t e AAA Championships winners in men's discus throw
1876–1939	1876–1913: Not held 1914: Armas Taipale (FIN) 1915–19: Not held 1920: Patrick Quinn (IRE) 1921: Oscar Zallhagen (SWE) 1922: Vilho Niittymaa (FIN) 1923: George Mitchell 1924–26: Paddy Bermingham (IRL) 1927: Kálmán Marvalits (HUN) 1928: Ernst Paulus (GER) 1929: Harald Stenerud (NOR) 1930: Jules Noël (FRA) 1931: Endre Madarász (HUN) 1932: Paddy Bermingham (IRL) 1933: Endre Madarász (HUN) 1934: Paddy Bermingham (IRL) 1935: Harald Andersson (SWE) 1936: Bernard Prendergast (JAM) 1937: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE) 1938: Adolfo Consolini (ITA) 1939: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE)
1946–59	1946–47: Reindert Brasser (NED) 1948: Cummin Clancy (IRL) 1949: Ferenc Klics (HUN) 1950: Raymond Kintziger (BEL) 1951: Giuseppe Tosi (ITA) 1952–53: Mark Pharaoh 1954: Ferenc Klics (HUN) 1955–56: Mark Pharaoh 1957: Mike Lindsay 1958: Fanie du Plessis (SAF) 1959: Mike Lindsay
1960–2006	1960: Mike Lindsay 1961: Elfranco Malan (RSA) 1962: Jay Silvester (USA) 1963: Dave Weill (USA) 1964: Roy Hollingsworth 1965: Lars Haglund (SWE) 1966–70: Bill Tancred 1971: Les Mills (NZL) 1972–73: Bill Tancred 1974: John Powell (USA) 1975: John van Reenen (RSA) 1976: John Powell (USA) 1977–78: Pete Tancred 1979: John Powell (USA) 1980: Brian Oldfield (USA) 1981: John Powell (USA) 1982: Brad Cooper (BAH) 1983–84: Robert Weir 1985: Juan Martínez (CUB) 1986: Richard Slaney 1987–89: Paul Mardle 1990: Abi Ekoku 1991–92: Werner Reiterer (AUS) 1993: Robert Weir 1994: Kevin Brown 1995: Nick Sweeney (IRL) 1996–2000: Robert Weir 2001: Glen Smith 2002: Robert Weir 2003–04: Emeka Udechuku 2005–06: Carl Myerscough

References

^ GBR Athletics – AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)
^ André Philippus Brink, Jan Vermeiren: a Flemish artist in South Africa (Lannoo Uitgeverij), 2000 ISBN 90-209-4140-2, ISBN 978-90-209-4140-1

External links

John van Reenen Online Art Gallery for further information about John van Reenen's athletics career and Art Career.
1975 Year Ranking

Records
Preceded by Jay Silvester Ricky Bruch	Men's Discus World Record Holder 14 March – 3 May 1975	Succeeded by John Powell

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