Victoria Mitchell

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Victoria Mitchell
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Mitchell in the 2016 Burnie Ten
Personal information
Born (1982-04-25) 25 April 1982 (age 41)
Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia [1]
Education University of Ballarat
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Sport Track and field
Event 3000m steeplechase
Coached byPeter Good

Victoria Mitchell (born 25 April 1982) is an Australian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

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Victoria took part in the World Student Cross Country Championships in 2002 and finished in eleventh place.

Victoria won two Horizon League Cross Country Championships in 2004 and 2005 as a Butler University student-athlete.

Victoria finished fourth at the 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship [2] as a Butler University [3] senior in a time of 19:50.4.

Mitchell won the 2005 NCAA Division I steeplechase national championship, while competing at Butler. [4]

Her first international medal was a silver at the 2005 Summer Universiade. She was the 2007 winner of the Great Ireland Run. [5] She represented Australia at the Olympics at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
2005 Universiade İzmir, Turkey 2nd3000 m st.
2006 World Cross Country Championships Fukuoka, Japan33rdShort race
34thLong race
Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia4th3000 m st.
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany7th3000 m st.
World Cup Athens, Greece4th3000 m st.
2007 World Cross Country Championships Mombasa, Kenya37thSenior race
World Championships in Athletics Osaka, Japan14th (heats) 3000 m st.
2008 World Cross Country Championships Edinburgh, Scotland54thSenior race
Summer Olympics Beijing, China13th (heats) 3000 m st.
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 26th (h) 3000 m st.

Personal bests

International competition

2002 World Student Cross Ctry Cross Country (6 km) 11/57 11th 20:50
2005 Universiade 3,000 metres Steeplechase 2/15 2nd 9:47.54
2006 Commonwealth Games 3,000 metres Steeplechase 4/15 4th 9:34.24
2006 World Cup 3,000 metres Steeplechase 4/9 4th 9:36.34
2006 World Cross Ctry Cross Country (8 km) 34/99 34th 27:12
2006 Short Course XC (4 km) 33/92 33rd 13:36
2007 World Championships 3,000 metres Steeplechase 35/54 Ht3 14th 10:06.61
2007 World Cross Ctry Cross Country 37/94 37th 29:48
2008 Olympic Games 3,000 metres Steeplechase 32/51 Ht1 13th 9:47.88
2008 World Cross Ctry Cross Country (7.905 km) 54/99 54th 27:57
2014 Commonwealth Games 3,000 metres Steeplechase 9/11 Final 9th 9:49.05
2015 World Championships 3,000 metres Steeplechase
2015 World Cross Ctry Cross Country (8 km) 40/83 40th 29:11

2016 Rio Olympics 3,000m steeplechase

National competition

2000 Aust. Junior Cross Ctry Junior XC (6 km) 2 23:05.0
2000-01 Aust. Junior T & F 2,000 metres Steeplechase 1 6:50.90
2001 Aust. Junior Cross Ctry Junior XC (6 km) 3 22:20.0
2001-02 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 2 10:36.98
2002-03 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 1 10:20.60
2003 Aust. U23 Cross Country Cross Country (8 km) 4 (3rd Aust.) 29:48
2005-06 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 4 (3rd Aust.) 9:44.06
2007-08 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 3 10:03.35
2010-11 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 1 10:10.66
2011-12 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 2 10:08.91
2013-14 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 1 9:42.01
2014-15 Aust. T & F 5,000 metres 4 (2nd Aust.) 15:45.72

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  2. "Notre Dame Athletics | the Fighting Irish".
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  5. Race History. Great Ireland Run. Retrieved on 2010-04-25.