Victoria Hudson (athlete)
Appearance
![]() Hudson in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 28 May 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Education | University of Vienna | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SV Schwechat | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Gregor Högler (–2016) Elisabeth Eberl (2016–) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Victoria Hudson (born 28 May 1996) is an Austrian athlete specialising in the javelin throw.[2] She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships, but did not qualify for the final. She also competed in the 2020 Olympics[3] and won in the women's javelin at the European Athletics Championship held in Rome in 2024. She landed a throw of 64.62 metres in the opening round of the final, winning Austria's first gold medal at the championship since 1971.[4]
Her personal best in the event is 64.68 metres, set in Eisenstadt on April 26, 2021.
She was born in Austria to an English father and Austrian mother.[5]
International competitions
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2013 | World Youth Championships | Donetsk, Ukraine | 30th (q) | Javelin throw | 44.53 m |
2015 | European Junior Championships | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 7th | Javelin throw | 52.68 m |
2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 23rd (q) | Javelin throw | 46.57 m |
Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 22nd (q) | Javelin throw | 49.35 m | |
2019 | European Throwing Cup | Šamorín, Slovakia | 6th | Javelin throw | 59.98 m |
Universiade | Naples, Italy | 7th | Javelin throw | 56.80 m | |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 31st (q) | Javelin throw | 52.51 m | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 21st (q) | Javelin throw | 58.60 m |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 23rd (q) | Javelin throw | 54.05 m |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 10th | Javelin throw | 56.07 m | |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | Javelin throw | 62.92 m |
2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 1st | Javelin throw | 64.62 m |
References
[edit]- ^ "2017 Universiade bio". Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Victoria Hudson at World Athletics
- ^ "Victoria Hudson". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- ^ "Victoria Hudson win's first Austrian gold in 53 years". european-athletics.com. European Athletics Championships.
- ^ Wallner, Wolfgang (30 September 2019). "Hudson: Chancenlos beim WM-Debüt". nön.at (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
External links
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Categories:
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Austrian female javelin throwers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Austria
- Austrian people of English descent
- Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Austria
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- European Games bronze medalists for Austria
- European Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Austrian athletics biography stubs