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| Born | 14 June 2005 Rimersburg, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Javelin : 60.81 m (Bochum, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Evelyn Bliss (born 14 June 2005) is an American javelin thrower. She won the 2025 USA Championships and a silver medal at the 2025 University Games, and a bronze medal at the 2024 World Junior Championships. [1]
From Rimersburg, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Union High School in 2023 before attending Bucknell University. [2] [3]
In May 2023, she threw personal beats on consecutive weeks and won the Pennsylvania age-group championships with a meet record, and moved to third on the state all-time list. [4] In July 2023, she won the American under-20 championships in Eugene, Oregon with a throw of 51.79 metres. [5] [6] In August 2023, she won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2023 Pan American U20 Championships in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, with a throw of 52.73 metres. [7]
Bliss won the javelin throw at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships in 2024. [8] She went on to have a sixth place finish at the US Olympic Trials in June 2024 with a personal best 55.82 metres, despite being the youngest competitor in the field. [9] She won the bronze medal in the javelin at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, with a throw of 54.01 metres. [10]
She placed twelfth at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships, an improvement of one place on her thirteenth place finish the year before, becoming the second two-time All-American for Bucknell University. [11] She threw a personal best 60.81 metres to qualify for the final of the javelin throw at the 2025 Summer World University Games, before winning the silver medal in the final with a throw of 57.37 metres. [12] Her throw in the preliminary round moved her to tenth on the American all-time list. [13]
She threw 57.77 metres to win the javelin throw at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon for her first senior national title. [14] She was named in the United States squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships, winning the gold medal with a throw of 58.62 metres to finish ahead of compatriot Madison Wiltrout and Rhema Otabor of the Bahamas. [15] She was selected for the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [16]
