Victoria Hudson (athlete)

Victoria Hudson
	Hudson in 2015
Personal information
Born	28 May 1996 (age 28)
Education	University of Vienna
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Javelin throw
Club	SV Schwechat
Coached by	Gregor Högler (–2016); Elisabeth Eberl (2016–)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Austria
European Championships
European Games

Victoria Hudson (born 28 May 1996) is an Austrian athlete specialising in the javelin throw.^[2] She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships, but did not qualify for the final. She also competed in the 2020 Olympics^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Austria
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
2017	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
2022	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	1st	Javelin throw	64.62 m
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	20th (q)	Javelin throw	59.69 m