Kathryn Mitchell

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Kathryn Mitchell
Personal information
NicknameMitch
NationalityAustralian
Born (1982-07-10) 10 July 1982 (age 42)
Hamilton, Victoria
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb) [1]
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportAthletics
EventJavelin
ClubEureka Athletics Club
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Women's athletics
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Javelin

Kathryn Mitchell (born 10 July 1982) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She has represented her country at three Olympic Games, finishing ninth in 2012 and sixth in 2016. She won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games with a throw of 68.92 m, a Commonwealth Games, Australian and Oceanian record. It also ranks her ninth on the world all-time list.

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Personal life

Nicknamed Mitch, [1] Mitchell was born on 10 July 1982 [1] [2] in Hamilton, Victoria. [1] She calls Casterton her hometown but lives in Monte Carlo. [1] [2] [3] She went to Casterton Primary School before going to high school at Casterton Secondary College and Ballarat High School. [1] She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Movement [1] and is working on an advance degree in Nutritional Medicine. [1] She is a fitness services instructor [1] [2] and health consultant. [1]

Athletics

Mitchell competes in javelin. [1] [2] As a fourteen-year-old, she started in the sport but did not begin to take the sport seriously until she was seventeen years old. [3] She took up the sport after her sister borrowed a javelin from school to practice with it for a school event. [3]

Mitchell was coached by Lindsay Burgoyne in high school. [3] At the start of high school, she broke the school record by 4 metres (13 ft). [3] She was coached by Eric Hollingsworth from 2003 to 2009. [1] Uwe Hohn has been her coach since 2010. [1] [3] She trains at Olympic Park in Melbourne [2] [4] and has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport. [2] She is a member of the Eureka Athletics Club. [1] [2] [3]

In 2006, Mitchell represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games, where she made the finals in the javelin, finishing sixth overall. [1] She finished first at the 2008 National Championships in Melbourne, Australia. [1] In 2010, she set a Victorian state record in the javelin. [1] At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she finished fifth. [1] Prior to competing in India, she spent four weeks training in Germany. [5] She finished second at the 2011 National Championships in Melbourne, Australia. [1] In January 2012, she competed at an Athletics Victoria inter-club meet, where she made a throw of 62.51 metres (205.1 ft). [4] While this distance would have qualified her for Olympics, the nature of the meet precluded it from counting. [4] She finished second at the 2012 National Championships in Melbourne, Australia [1] with a throw of 59.23 metres (194.3 ft), short of the Olympic A-Qualifying distance of 61 metres (200 ft). [4] She finished third at the 2012 Ostrava Golden Spike in Ostrava, Czech Republic. [1] At the event, she threw a personal best throw of 64.34 metres (211.1 ft). [1] In April, she finished second at the 2012 St. Wendel World Class Meeting in Germany. [1] [4] She was selected to represent Australia in the javelin event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she qualified for the final in the women's javelin. [1] [6] Before departing for London, she participated in a Germany-based training camp. [3] At the Rio Summer Olympics in 2016, she placed 6th in the javelin throw final, with an effort of 64.36m.

Mitchell competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, finishing fourth, with a best throw 36 cm less than that of bronze medal winning compatriot Kelsey-Lee Roberts. [7] She improved on this performance at the 2018 Games, winning gold with a throw of 68.92m and setting a new Commonwealth Games record. [8]

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Mitchell finished sixth with a throw of 61.82m. [9]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia6thJavelin throw 55.22 m
2010 Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 5thJavelin throw 54.25 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom9thJavelin throw59.46 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom4thJavelin throw62.59 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil6thJavelin throw64.36 m
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia1stJavelin throw 68.92 m GR
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 25th (q)Javelin throw 53.09 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 6th (q)Javelin throw 62.10 m 1

1Did not start in the final

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