Kimberley Mickle

Kimberley Mickle

Kimberley Mickle at the 2012 Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern
Personal information
Born (1984-12-28) 28 December 1984
Perth, Western Australia[1]
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country  Australia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Javelin
Medal record
World Championships
2013 Moscow Javelin throw
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow Javelin throw
2010 Delhi Javelin throw
World Youth Championships
2001 Debrecen Javelin throw

Kimberley Mickle (born 28 December 1984) is a female javelin thrower from Australia. Her personal best is 66.83 metres, achieved in March 2014 in Melbourne.[2]

She won the gold medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, finished ninth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, fourth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, fifth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup and sixth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. She also competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.[2]

Mickle took the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics reaching a result of 66.60 m (PB) behind Christina Obergföll.

In 2014 she won the gold medal at the Commonwealth games with a throw of 65.96 meters.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
2001 World Youth Championships Debrecen, Hungary 1st 51.83 m
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 9th 50.01 m
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 4th 58.18 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 15th (q) 57.46 m
World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 6th 57.57 m
2010 Continental Cup Split, Croatia 3rd 61.36 m[3]
Commonwealth Games Delhi, India 2nd 60.90 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 6th 61.96 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 17th (q) 59.23 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 2nd 66.60 m
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 65.96 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 22nd (q) 59.83 m

References

  1. ↑ 2014 CWG profile
  2. 1 2 Kimberley Mickle profile at IAAF
  3. ↑ Representing Asia-Pacific
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