Julia Ratcliffe

Julia Ratcliffe
Personal information
Nationality Kiwi
Born July 14, 1993 (1993-07-14) (age 18)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Residence Hamilton, New Zealand
Height 169 centimetres (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country  New Zealand
Sport Track and Field
Event(s) Hammer Throw
Club Hamilton City Hawks
Coached by Dave Ratcliffe
Medal record
Women’s Track and Field
Competitor for  New Zealand
Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Gold 2009 Sydney Hammer Throw
YOG qualifying competition - Oceania
Gold 2010 Sydney Hammer Throw

Julia Ratcliffe (born July 14, 1993) is a Track and Field athlete who specialises in the Hammer Throw. She was born and lives in Hamilton, New Zealand and has dual citizenship of New Zealand and Britain. She has accepted an offer to study at Princeton University in the Fall of 2012.

Her last international competition was the Youth Olympic Games where she competed bravely with an ankle injury.

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International Results

Year Event Location Place
2008 Pacific School Games Canberra 1st
2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival Sydney 1st
2009 IAAF World Youth Championships Brixen 10th
2010 Youth Olympic Games qualifying competition - Oceania region Sydney 1st
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore 11th

Records

Year Record Distance
2008 Pacific School Games 46.90m
2008 New Zealand Secondary Schools - Junior Girls 56.02m (3 kg)
2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival 51.94m
2010 Athletics New Zealand - W16 56.68m
2010 Oceania - Youth 61.32m
2011 New Zealand Secondary Schools - Senior Girls 57.67m (4 kg)
2011 Athletics New Zealand - W17 62.28m
2011 Athletics New Zealand - W18 62.28m
2011 Athletics New Zealand - W19 62.28m
2011 Oceania - Junior 62.28m

Training Personal Bests

Weight Distance
2 kg 70.83m
3 kg 67.32m
3.5 kg 65.04m
4 kg 62.20m
5 kg 53.04m
6 kg 46.24m
7.26 kg 39.32m

Honours

Year Honours
2009 Waikato Times Secondary Schools Junior Sportswoman of the Year - Winner
2009 NZSSA Track and Field Champs - one of the Junior Athletes of the Meet
2010 Porritt Classic - Thrower of the Meet Runner up
2010 Waikato Times Secondary Schools Sportswoman of the Year - Finalist
2010 NZSSA Track and Field Champs - one of the Athletes of the Meet
2011 Porritt Classic - Thrower of the Meet

Other Sports

Julia has played Field Hockey for Waikato Diocesan School For Girls. In 2009 (27 goals) and 2011 she was the top goal scorer for the 1st XI team. This team has won the Premier Division of the Waikato Secondary Schools league for the last six years. She has also captained Waikato Hockey representative teams at three different age levels and was a member of the Waikato representative team that won the national under 14 tournament in 2005.

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