Victoria Hudson | |
Birth Date: | 28 May 1996 |
Height: | 1.69 m[1] |
Weight: | 64 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Javelin throw |
Club: | SV Schwechat |
Coach: | Gregor Högler (–2016) Elisabeth Eberl (2016–) |
Education: | University of Vienna |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Victoria Hudson (born 28 May 1996) is an Austrian athlete specialising in the javelin throw. She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships, but did not qualify for the final. She also competed in the 2020 Olympics[2] and won in the women's javelin at the European Athletics Championship held in Rome in 2024. She landed a throw of 64.62 metres in the opening round of the final, winning Austria's first gold medal at the championship since 1971.[3]
Her personal best in the event is 64.68 metres, set in Eisenstadt on April 26, 2021.
She was born in Austria to an English father and Austrian mother.[4]
Representing | |||||||
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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 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Javelin throw | 64.62 m |