Victoria Hudson (athlete)

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Victoria Hudson
Hudson in 2015
Personal information
Born (1996-05-28) 28 May 1996
EducationUniversity of Vienna
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventJavelin throw
ClubSV Schwechat
Coached byGregor Högler (–2016)
Elisabeth Eberl (2016–)
Achievements and titles
Personal best64.68 m (2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Austria
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 RomeJavelin throw
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaJavelin 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]

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  Austria
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 30th (q) Javelin throw 44.53 m
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 7th Javelin throw 52.68 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 6th Javelin throw 59.98 m
Universiade Naples, Italy 7th Javelin 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 10th Javelin throw 56.07 m
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th Javelin throw 62.92 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 1st Javelin 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
  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.