Victoria Hudson (athlete)

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Victoria Hudson
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Hudson in 2015
Personal information
Born (1996-05-28) 28 May 1996 (age 29)
Education University of Vienna
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Javelin throw
ClubSV Schwechat
Coached by Gregor Högler (–2016)
Elisabeth Eberl (2016–)
Achievements and titles
Personal best64.68 m (2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Rome Javelin throw
European Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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]

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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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 30th (q)Javelin throw 44.53 m
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 7thJavelin throw52.68 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 6thJavelin throw59.98 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 7thJavelin 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 10thJavelin throw 56.07 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 5thJavelin throw 62.92 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 1stJavelin 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 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  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.