Victoria Mitchell Explained

Birth Date:1982 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia[1]
Height:1.64 m
Weight:47 kg
Sport:Track and field
Event:3000m steeplechase
Education:University of Ballarat
Coach:Peter Good

Victoria Mitchell (born 25 April 1982) is an Australian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Victoria took part in the World Student Cross Country Championships in 2002 and finished in eleventh place.

Victoria won two Horizon League Cross Country Championships in 2004 and 2005 as a Butler University student-athlete.

Victoria finished fourth at the 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship[2] as a Butler University[3] senior in a time of 19:50.4.

Mitchell won the 2005 NCAA Division I steeplechase national championship, while competing at Butler.[4]

Her first international medal was a silver at the 2005 Summer Universiade. She was the 2007 winner of the Great Ireland Run.[5] She represented Australia at the Olympics at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Achievements

2005Universiadeİzmir, Turkey2nd3000 m st.
2006World Cross Country ChampionshipsFukuoka, Japan33rdShort race
34thLong race
Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia4th3000 m st.
World Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany7th3000 m st.
World CupAthens, Greece4th3000 m st.
2007World Cross Country ChampionshipsMombasa, Kenya37thSenior race
World Championships in AthleticsOsaka, Japan14th (heats)3000 m st.
2008World Cross Country ChampionshipsEdinburgh, Scotland54thSenior race
Summer OlympicsBeijing, China13th (heats)3000 m st.
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China26th (h)3000 m st.

Personal bests

International competition

2002 World Student Cross Ctry Cross Country (6 km) 11/57 11th 20:50
2005 Universiade 3,000 metres Steeplechase 2/15 2nd 9:47.54
2006 Commonwealth Games 3,000 metres Steeplechase 4/15 4th 9:34.24
2006 World Cup 3,000 metres Steeplechase 4/9 4th 9:36.34
2006 World Cross Ctry Cross Country (8 km) 34/99 34th 27:12
2006 Short Course XC (4 km) 33/92 33rd 13:36
2007 World Championships 3,000 metres Steeplechase 35/54 Ht3 14th 10:06.61
2007 World Cross Ctry Cross Country 37/94 37th 29:48
2008 Olympic Games 3,000 metres Steeplechase 32/51 Ht1 13th 9:47.88
2008 World Cross Ctry Cross Country (7.905 km) 54/99 54th 27:57
2014 Commonwealth Games 3,000 metres Steeplechase 9/11 Final 9th 9:49.05
2015 World Championships 3,000 metres Steeplechase
2015 World Cross Ctry Cross Country (8 km) 40/83 40th 29:11

2016 Rio Olympics 3,000m steeplechase

National competition

2000 Aust. Junior Cross Ctry Junior XC (6 km) 2 23:05.0
2000-01 Aust. Junior T & F 2,000 metres Steeplechase 1 6:50.90
2001 Aust. Junior Cross Ctry Junior XC (6 km) 3 22:20.0
2001-02 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 2 10:36.98
2002-03 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 1 10:20.60
2003 Aust. U23 Cross Country Cross Country (8 km) 4 (3rd Aust.) 29:48
2005-06 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 4 (3rd Aust.) 9:44.06
2007-08 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 3 10:03.35
2010-11 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 1 10:10.66
2011-12 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 2 10:08.91
2013-14 Aust. T & F 3,000 metres Steeplechase 1 9:42.01
2014-15 Aust. T & F 5,000 metres 4 (2nd Aust.) 15:45.72

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 CWG bio. 29 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Notre Dame Athletics | the Fighting Irish.
  3. Web site: Butler . 15 August 2015 . 23 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195602/http://www.butlersports.com/sports/c-xc/mtt/mitchell_victoria00.html . dead .
  4. Web site: Butler University - The Official Athletics Site: Victoria Mitchell Named To Australian Olympic Team . www.butlersports.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111219215345/http://butlersports.com/genrel/070108aaa.html . 2011-12-19.
  5. http://www.greatirelandrun.org/Events/2010/RaceHistory.aspx Race History