Victoria Hudson (athlete)

Victoria Hudson

Hudson in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 (age 29)
Education	University of Vienna
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Club	SV Schwechat
Coached by	Gregor Högler (–2016) Elisabeth Eberl (2016–)
Achievements and titles
Personal best	64.68 m (2021)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Austria European Championships 2024 Rome Javelin throw European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Javelin throw

Victoria Hudson (born 28 May 1996) is an Austrian athlete specialising in the javelin throw. ^[2] She is a European champion and won the gold medal at the 2024 Championships in Rome, earning Austria's first gold medal at the championships since 1971. ^[3] Hudson is also a European Games bronze medallist and two-times Olympian. She competed in the javelin event at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. ^[4]

Hudson's personal best throw is 64.68 metres, set in Eisenstadt on April 26, 2021. She was born in Austria to an English father and Austrian mother. ^[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Austria
2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	30th (q)	Javelin throw	44.53 m
2015	European Junior Championships	Eskilstuna, Sweden	7th	Javelin throw	52.68 m
2017	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	23rd (q)	Javelin throw	46.57 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	22nd (q)	Javelin throw	49.35 m
2019	European Throwing Cup	Šamorín, Slovakia	6th	Javelin throw	59.98 m
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	7th	Javelin throw	56.80 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	31st (q)	Javelin throw	52.51 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	21st (q)	Javelin throw	58.60 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	23rd (q)	Javelin throw	54.05 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	10th	Javelin throw	56.07 m
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	Javelin throw	62.92 m
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	1st	Javelin throw	64.62 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	20th (q)	Javelin throw	59.69 m

References

1. "2017 Universiade bio". Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
2. Victoria Hudson at World Athletics
3. "Victoria Hudson win's first Austrian gold in 53 years". european-athletics.com. European Athletics Championships.
4. "Victoria Hudson". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
5. Wallner, Wolfgang (30 September 2019). "Hudson: Chancenlos beim WM-Debüt". nön.at (in German). Retrieved 30 September 2019.

External links

• Victoria Hudson at World Athletics
• Victoria Hudson at Olympics.com
• Victoria Hudson at Olympedia
• Victoria Hudson at Team Austria (in German)