Mackenzie Little

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Mackenzie Little
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1996-12-22) 22 December 1996 (age 27)
Sport
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Sport Athletics
Event Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • Javelin throw: 64.27 m (2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Budapest Javelin throw
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Javelin throw

Mackenzie Little (born 22 December 1996 in Rochester, Victoria) is an Australian javelin thrower. She qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and came second in her Women's javelin throw qualification with a throw of 62.37m. Little could not match this distance in the final and came eighth with a distance of 59.96m, 6.38m less than the winner Liu Shiying of China. [1]

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Early years

Mackenzie Little joined the Northern Suburbs Little Athletics as an Under-6. She loved playing many sports including soccer, softball, water polo and hockey. In Year 7 at Pymble Ladies College, she has her first javelin training session. This was only because her hurdles competition was cancelled. [2]

Whilst a teenager, Little competed in the javelin and also 400m hurdles and heptathlon at a national level. At the age of 15 years old she was already throwing over 50 metres. In 2013 Little competed at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Ukraine. [3] She won gold adding five metres to her personal best. In 2014 at 17 years of age she threw 57.60m, [2] In 2023, Dr. Mackenzie Little graduated from University of Sydney Sydney Medical School. In 2019, Little graduated from Stanford University.

NCAA

Little won 2 NCAA Javelin titles, 4 Pac-12 Conference titles, and is a 4-time All-American.

Representing Stanford University
YearCompetitionVenueRankEventDistance
2019 NCAA Division I Championships Flag of the United States.svg Austin, Texas 1stJavelin throw 59.44 m (195 ft 0 in)
Pac-12 Conference Championships Flag of the United States.svg Tucson, Arizona 1stJavelin throw59.13 m (193 ft 11 in)
2018 NCAA Division I Championships Flag of the United States.svg Eugene, Oregon 1stJavelin throw 60.36 m (198 ft 0 in)
Pac-12 Conference Championships Flag of the United States.svg Stanford, California 1stJavelin throw54.88 m (180 ft 0 in)
2017 NCAA Division I Championships Flag of the United States.svg Eugene, Oregon 4thJavelin throw 55.32 m (181 ft 5 in)
Pac-12 Conference Championships Flag of the United States.svg Eugene, Oregon 1stJavelin throw53.02 m (173 ft 11 in)
2016 NCAA Division I Championships Flag of the United States.svg Eugene, Oregon 7thJavelin throw 53.65 m (176 ft 0 in)
Pac-12 Conference Championships Flag of the United States.svg Seattle, Washington 1stJavelin throw53.71 m (176 ft 2 in)

Achievements

Little graduated in 2019 from Stanford University where she had studied a Bachelor of Science in Human Biology. During her time at the university she won two NCAA javelin titles and improved her best to 60.36m.

Back in Australia in 2019, Little commenced medicine at Sydney University and also made an excellent start to her 2020/21 season throwing a personal best of 61.42m and became the sixth-best in Australian history. [2]

YearCompetitionVenueRankEventDistanceNotes
2021 Olympic Games Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 8thJavelin throw 59.96 m [4]
2022 World Championships Flag of the United States.svg Eugene, Oregon 5thJavelin throw 63.22 m
Commonwealth Games Flag of England.svg Birmingham 2ndJavelin throw 64.27 m PB
2023 World Championships Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 3rdJavelin throw 63.38 m

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References

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