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Height
  
1.70 m

Sport
  
Athletics

Weight
  
74 kg

Name
  
Sophie Hitchon

Events
  
Role
  
Athlete


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Born
  
11 July 1991 (age 32) (
1991-07-11
)
Burnley, Lancashire, England

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Profiles

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Sophie Hitchon (born 11 July 1991) is a British hammer thrower. She is a former World Junior Champion, and the current senior British record-holder with a throw of 74.54 metres in the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning the bronze medal for her country's first ever Olympic medal in the event.

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Sophie Hitchon Dancer Sophie Hitchon nails a bronze in the hammer Other

Representing Great Britain at London 2012, Hitchon has also represented England in the hammer throw at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, winning gold.

Sophie Hitchon Glasgow 2014 Sophie Hitchon wins bronze in hammer BBC Sport

Rio Medal Moments: Sophie Hitchon - Hammer Bronze


Early life

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Hitchon was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and attended Wellfield Church Primary School and Ivy Bank Business and Enterprise College. She is studying for a BSc in Business and Sport Management from the University of Hertfordshire.

Achievements

Sophie Hitchon Sophie Hitchon Photos 13th IAAF World Junior

In April 2007, Hitchon set a new UK Under 17 Women's record with a throw of 49.61m at the Kingston-upon-Hull AC Open meeting. The previous record was 48.94m achieved by Frances Miller of Elgin Harriers at the 2001 IAAF World Youth Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

Sophie Hitchon Sophie Hitchon Photos Aviva UK Athletics Preperation

In March 2008, at the age of 16, Hitchon set a new junior record with a throw of 59.74m at the UK Throws event in Birmingham, followed by a 59.49m throw at the Blackpool Open Meeting the same weekend.

In July 2009, Hitchon won bronze in the hammer at the European Junior Championships. In doing so she also improved her own national junior record to 63.18m and took Britain's first ever European Junior medal in the women's hammer.

A year later, Hitchon was captain of the UK women's team at the IAAF World Junior Championships (Moncton, Canada, 19–25 July), as well as remaining the UK junior hammer record holder.

In July 2011, Hitchon represented the UK in the European Under-23 Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic (14–17 July), taking the bronze medal.

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Hitchon achieved a bronze medal in the women's Hammer throw with a distance of 68.72m. This was her first success at a senior level championship.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Hitchon achieved a bronze medal in the woman's Hammer throw with a distance of 74.54 metres on her final attempt, setting a new GB record in the process. It also made her the first British hammer thrower to win an Olympic medal and ended a 28-year Olympic medal drought for GB in women's field events since Fatima Whitbread's silver at Seoul in 1988.

Competition record

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  • References

    Sophie Hitchon Wikipedia