Personal information | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | 29 December 2000 |
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests | Hammer: 73.63m (Austin, 2023) NR |
Stephanie Ratcliffe (born 29 December 2000) is an Australian hammer thrower. [2]
From Melbourne, she started athletics when she was five years-old. She attended Doncaster Secondary College. In 2019 she won the Australian U20 hammer throw title. Later that year, she began a scholarship at Harvard University. However, she returned to Australia at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and studied remotely for 18 months. [3] [4]
She represented Australia in senior competition at the Oceania Athletics Championships in 2019 and 2022. [5]
She set an Australian national record in the hammer throw in May 2023 at the East Regional Conference Final with a collegiate-leading mark of 73.11 metres, breaking the Australian record of Bronwyn Eagles set in 2003 by two metres. [6] [7] She won the NCAA Division 1 Outdoor title in Austin, Texas in June 2023 with a new national record of 73.63 metres. [8] In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. [9]
After transferring to the University of Georgia, she was runner-up at the SEC Championships in May 2024. [10] In July 2024, she was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11]
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