Career
2001 Pienaar had a best performance of 80.77 in Potchefstroom and also was a World Student Games Finalist.
2002 Pienaar became the South African champion and won the gold medal at the African Championships in Rades, Tunisia with a distance of 78.63. He also came in 5th place at the IAAF World Cup in Athletics held in Madrid, Spain. His season best was 81.40 in Boechout, Belgium.
2003 Pienaar again won the South African Championship and threw a personal best of 84.50 in Hyderabad, India. This qualified Pienaar for the Olympic games in Athens, Greece.
2004 Pienaar held on to his National Champion title and Pienaar again won the gold medal at the African Championships in Brazzaville, in the Republic of the Congo, with a distance of 78.31. Pienaar made the final round of the 28th Olympic games in Athens and ended in 7th place with a distance of 79.95. His personal best for the season was 82.34. which he threw at Warsaw, Poland.
2005 Pienaar lost his South African title to Lohan Rautenbach and had a season best of 77.07.
2006 Pienaar regained the South African title again won the gold medal at the African Championships in Bambous,Mauritius with a distance of 77.55. Pienaar qualified for the Common Wealth Games in Sydney, Australia and finished in 4th place. Pienaar also attended the IAAF World Cup in Athens and won the silver medal with a distance of 83.62.
2007 Pienaar won the silver medal at the South African National Championship with a season best of 82.96. in Oudshoorn, South Africa. He also came in 7th place at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan with a distance of 79.30.
2008 Pienaar again won the silver medal at the South African National Championship with a distance of 80.49. His personal best for the season was 80.49 which he threw at Goteborg, Sweden and just fell short of the Olympic qualifying distance of 81.80.
2009 Pienaar through a season best of 78.14 in Doha, Qatar.
2010
Pienaar again won the South African Championship and won silver at the IAAF Continental Cup with a season best of 83.19 in Split, Croatia.
2010 Pienaar opened the season with a distance of 77.65 in Bellville South Africa.
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