Kim Mickle

Kim Mickle

File:KimberleyMickle.jpg Kimberley Mickle at the 2012 Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern
Personal information
Born	(1984-12-28) 28 December 1984 Perth, Western Australia
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin
Achievements and titles
Personal best	66.83 m (2014)
Medal record World Championships Silver medal – second place 2013 Moscow Javelin throw Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Javelin throw Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi Javelin throw World Youth Championships Gold medal – first place 2001 Debrecen Javelin throw

Kimberley Mickle (born 28 December 1984) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best of 66.83 m, achieved on 22 March 2014 in Melbourne, was, until 2018, the Australian record.

Biography

She won the gold medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships. She 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.

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 metres.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Mickle failed to advance to the final after dislocating her shoulder during the qualifying round.

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. After missing the first round of the 2017 AFL Women's season due to a hip injury, Mickle ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament in round 2. After knee reconstruction, Mickle announced that she would concentrate on javelin in preparation for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and would not return to football.

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
	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

External links

• Kim Mickle at World Athletics
• Kim Mickle at AustralianFootball.com