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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Hammer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexandra Hulley (born 24 July 1997) is an Australian athlete. [1] She competed in the women's hammer throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning the silver medal. [2]
Dame Valerie Kasanita Adams is a retired New Zealand shot putter. She is a four-time World champion, four-time World Indoor champion, two-time Olympic, three-time Commonwealth Games champion and twice IAAF Continental Cup winner. She has a personal best throw of 21.24 metres outdoors and 20.98 m indoors. These marks are Oceanian, Commonwealth and New Zealand national records. She also holds the Oceanian junior record (18.93 m) and the Oceanian youth record (17.54 m), as well as the World Championships record, World Indoor Championships record and Commonwealth Games record.
Christiaan Harmse is a South African hammer thrower. He has broken the African record seven times, and holds the championship record for both the African Championships and All-Africa Games.
Michael 'Mike' Archer Winch is a male retired British shot putter.
Julia Ratcliffe is a retired New Zealand track and field athlete who specialised in the hammer throw. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, having won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Alexander David Smith is an English track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw.
Sophie Hitchon is a retired British hammer thrower. She is the British record-holder with a throw of 74.54 metres, set when winning the Olympic bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Games, Great Britain's first ever Olympic medal in the event. She also reached the hammer final at the 2012 London Olympics, and is the 2010 World Junior Champion, the 2013 European U23 Champion, and the 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist.
Athletics was one of the seven sports of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games. Held between 9 and 11 September, the events were staged at the National Sports Centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.
Hamish Peacock is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. He has competed at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships and the Summer Olympics.
Nicholas Miller is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the hammer throw. He was the gold medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2022 Commonwealth Games, a silver medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the gold medal at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships. He holds the British record of 80.26 m for the event.
Kelsey-Lee Barber is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She won gold at the 2019 World Championships, and her personal best of 67.70 m ranks her 13th in the overall list.
Scott Neilson is a Canadian former track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw. His personal best was 72.72 m, set in Seattle on 1 April 1978.
Matthew Denny is an Australian athlete specialising in the discus throw. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and competed in the final having thrown 65.13 m in his Men's discus throw qualification. He came very close to a medal, throwing 67.02 m which was just 0.05 m less than the bronze medalist, Lukas Weißhaidinger of Austria.
Phillip Spivey is a retired Australian hammer thrower.
The men's hammer throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 8 April 2018.
The women's hammer throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 10 April 2018.
The women's javelin throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 11 April 2018.
Lara Nielsen is an Australian athlete. She competed in the women's hammer throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning the bronze medal.
Tshepang Makhethe is a South African hammer thrower.
Camryn Rogers is a Canadian athlete specializing in the hammer throw. Internationally she is the 2022 World silver medallist, 2022 Commonwealth champion, 2018 World U20 champion, and represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She competed as a member of the California Golden Bears track and field team, winning three NCAA outdoor titles.
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