MITCHELL Kathryn

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6th (64.36)
2012	London, GBR	9th (59.46)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (57.42)
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (61.04)
2013	Moscow, RUS	5th (63.77)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Javelin Throw
2017	1 x 3rd, 1 x 5th, 1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
3	2017	Javelin Throw	Lausanne, SUI	66.12
5	2017	Javelin Throw	Eugene, OR, USA	62.87
6	2017	Javelin Throw	London, GBR	63.25

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Kawasaki, JPN	63.23

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Gardening, writing, travelling, cooking, interior design and decorating, listening to podcasts, painting, reading. (Facebook page, 04 Dec 2019; Facebook profile, 31 Dec 2020)

Athlete

Human Movement Studies

Partner Uwe Hohn

English

Uwe Hohn [personal, partner], GER, from 2010

Her partner and coach Uwe Hohn represented East Germany in javelin, and won gold at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. (thecourier.com.au, 21 May 2018; athletics.com.au, 22 May 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 20 Feb 2020; Facebook profile, 11 Dec 2020)

She withdrew from the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, due to injury. (thecourier.com.au, 11 Sep 2019)

Her training was disrupted ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, due to an Achilles tendon injury. She went on to win gold at the Games. (abc.net.au, 12 Apr 2018)

In 2015 she suffered from patellar tendonitis in her right knee. She was only able to take part in a few competitions throughout the year, but did compete at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, People's Republic of China. (athletesconfidential.wordpress.com, 01 Jun 2017)

In early 2013 she underwent ankle surgery. (abc.net.au, 16 Aug 2013)

She was unable to compete between February and April 2012 because of a foot injury. (thecourier.com.au, 15 Apr 2012)

She took up athletics in 1997 with Eureka Athletic Club in Ballarat, VIC, Australia, and began to focus on the javelin at age 17. (thecourier.com.au, 07 Jul 2010)

She was introduced to the sport when her sister brought home a javelin from school. Her coach Lindsay Burgoyne then encouraged her to take up the sport seriously. (thecourier.com.au, 07 Jul 2010; athletesconfidential.wordpress.com, 01 Jun 2017)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (dailytelegraph.com.au, 13 Apr 2018)

Winning gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. (gc2018.com, 11 Apr 2018; abc.net.au, 12 Apr 2018)

Czech javelin thrower Jan Zelezny, Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman. (olympics.com.au, 26 Jun 2012; vis.org.au, 01 Jun 2012)

"Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe in you." (vis.org.au, 01 May 2018)

She was named 2018 Female Athlete of the Year by Athletics Australia. (athletics.com.au, 08 Apr 2019)

In 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2018 she was named Ballarat Sportswoman of the Year by The Sportsmen's Association of Australia in Victoria, Australia. (thecourier.com.au, 12 Mar 2020)