Juan Pierre van Deventer (born 26 March 1983) is a South African middle distance runner, who represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
[1] He has a 1500 m personal best of 3:34.46 and he is also the South African record holder in the 3000 metres with a time of 7:41.06 set in Stockholm in 2008.
[2] Juan finished second in his indoor debut at the International PSD Bank Meeting in Düsseldorf, Germany in February 2010 also setting a new national 1500 m record of 3 min 37.25 sec – a record previously set by Sydney Maree 31 years ago in a time of 3 min 38.2 sec.
[4] They travelled to the country on a sponsored visa after his wife was offered work as a teacher at an early learning centre in the regional city of Rockhampton, Queensland where he also obtained employment as a financial advisor.
[4] In May 2023, van Deventer won the half marathon event at the Rocky River Run.