Kim Mickle
Kimberley Mickle at the 2012 Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern | |
Personal information | |
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Born |
Perth, Western Australia[1] | 28 December 1984
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Australia |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Javelin |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 66.83 m (219.3 ft) |
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.
In 2016 at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Kim failed to proceed after dislocating her throwing shoulder on her third attempt during the qualifying round.[3]
In September 2016, Mickle signed to play professional Australian rules football for the Fremantle Football Club in the inaugural season of AFL Women's in 2017. She previously played the sport at a junior level.[4]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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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[5] |
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 |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 22nd (q) | 57.20 m |
References
- ↑ 2014 CWG profile
- 1 2 Kim Mickle profile at IAAF
- ↑ Pentony, Luke. "Rio 2016: Kim Mickle dislocates shoulder in javelin, Brandon Starc out of high jump final". ABC News Australia. ABC Online Services. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "Olympic javelin star Kim Mickle to play for Fremantle in women's AFL league", The Guardian, 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ↑ Representing Asia-Pacific