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Julia Ratcliffe

{{short description|New Zealand hammer thrower}}

{{for|the British structural engineer|Julia Ratcliffe (engineer)}}

{{EngvarB|date=May 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Julia Ratcliffe

| image = Julia Ratcliffe Gold Coast.jpg

| caption = Ratcliffe with 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medal

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|07|14}}

| birth_place = Hamilton, New Zealand

| height = {{convert|1.69|m|ftin}}[https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n152850-ratcliffe-julia-susan.htm 2017 Universiade bio]

| weight = 80 kg

| country = New Zealand

| sport = Track and field athletics

| event = Hammer throw

| coach = Dave Ratcliffe

| club = [http://www.hamiltoncityhawks.co.nz/blog/track-and-field Hamilton City Hawks]

| education = Princeton University[http://www.goprincetontigers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=11374 College team bio]

| collegeteam = Princeton Tigers

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Track and field}}

{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Gold Coast|Hammer Throw}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|Hammer Throw}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|Hammer Throw}}

{{MedalCompetition|Oceania Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Townsville|Hammer Throw}}

{{MedalCompetition|World University Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Gwangju|Hammer Throw}}

{{MedalCompetition|Oceania Youth Championships}}

{{MedalGold |2010 Sydney | Hammer Throw}}

{{MedalCompetition|Australian Youth Olympic Festival}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Sydney|Hammer Throw}}

| show-medals = yes

}}

Julia Ratcliffe (born 14 July 1993) is a retired New Zealand track and field athlete who specialised in the hammer throw. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, having won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.{{cite news |first=David |last=Leggat |date=29 July 2014 |title=Commonwealth Games: Silver in shot put and hammer throw |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11300674 |publisher=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=29 July 2014}}

Personal life

Ratcliffe was born in Hamilton to Dave and Sue Ratcliffe, and has one older sister, Sarah.{{Cite web |last=Drysdale |first=Juliette |author-link=Juliette Drysdale |date=30 May 2018 |title=Golden hammer thrower banking on a bright future |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/page/golden-hammer-thrower-puts-her-future-in-the-bank |access-date=18 April 2021 |website=Newsroom |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Geenty |first=Mark |date=26 April 2014 |title=Brainy Ratcliffe hammers home her potential |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/commonwealth-games/athletics/9980303/Brainy-Ratcliffe-hammers-home-her-potential |access-date=18 April 2021 |website=Stuff |language=en}} She attended Waikato Diocesan School for Girls, where she was head girl and dux in her final year.{{Cite web |title=Commonwealth Games: Little-known hammer thrower ready to step up for NZ |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/commonwealth-games-little-known-hammer-thrower-ready-to-step-up-for-nz/4A3KTOZWQLFYBXL7BP2VD6ZFRI/ |access-date=19 April 2021 |website=New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} In her youth, she participated in various sports including hockey, netball, and hurdling.{{Cite news |title=Hammer thrower Julia Ratcliffe's journey to Commonwealth Games gold paved by supportive dad |language=en-NZ |work=TVNZ |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other/hammer-thrower-julia-ratcliffes-journey-commonwealth-games-gold-paved-supportive-dad |access-date=19 April 2021}}

Ratcliffe attended Princeton University in New Jersey, United States. She graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts, with a major in economics and a certificate in political economy. As of April 2020, she works as an economic analyst for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.{{Cite web |date=14 April 2020 |title=Julia Ratcliffe: Hammer thrower helping the Reserve Bank |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/414197/julia-ratcliffe-hammer-thrower-helping-the-reserve-bank |access-date=19 April 2021 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}{{Cite web |title=Julia Ratcliffe – Reserve Bank of New Zealand |url=https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/research-and-publications/research-programme/research-staff-profiles/julia-ratcliffe |access-date=20 April 2021}}

Career

Ratcliffe began participating in hammer throw at age 12.

In 2014, Ratcliffe won the NCAA hammer throw title, becoming Princeton University's first female track and field NCAA champion.{{Cite web |date=12 June 2014 |title=Jennings: Julia Ratcliffe wins hammer title at NCAAs |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/11068929/espnw-julia-ratcliffe-wins-princeton-first-track-field-title-42-years-hammer-win |access-date=20 April 2021 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

Ratcliffe held the New Zealand national record in the hammer throw from July 2012 until September 2020.{{cite news |date=17 February 2020 |title=Ratcliffe Sets New Area Record at Porritt Classic |publisher=OA |url=https://athletics-oceania.com/17/02/12806/ |access-date=16 March 2020}} She reclaimed the national title in March 2021, setting a new national record of 73.55 metres at the New Zealand Track and Field Championships.{{Cite web |date=26 March 2021 |title=Hammer thrower Julia Ratcliffe smashes New Zealand record to qualify for Tokyo Olympics |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/124663621/hammer-thrower-julia-ratcliffe-smashes-new-zealand-record-to-qualify-for-tokyo-olympics |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=Stuff |language=en}}

In April 2021, Ratcliffe was selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.{{Cite web |date=16 April 2021 |title=Tokyo Olympics: 15 athletes named in conditional New Zealand athletics team for 2021 Games |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/tokyo-olympics-15-athletes-named-in-conditional-new-zealand-athletics-team-for-2021-games/BXYQ6DOL4QOK54HV2WP2PMGCEY/ |access-date=19 April 2021 |website=New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}

Ratcliffe announced her retirement on 13 January 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/athletics-three-time-commonwealth-games-medallist-julia-ratcliffe-calls-time-on-hammer-throw-career/Y4JVG5LQGJDHBKAZCDNEM2I25Q/|title=Athletics: Three-time Commonwealth Games medallist Julia Ratcliffe calls time on hammer throw career|host=nzherald.co.nz|date=13 January 2023|access-date=14 January 2023}}

Statistics

= Annual progression =

class="wikitable" width="70%" style="font-size:95%;"

!Year

!Performance

!Competition

!Location

!Date

2008

|48.05 m

|Battle of the Cities 4

|North Shore, New Zealand

|29 November

2009

|55.64 m

|Mini-Hot Meet

|North Shore, New Zealand

|6 June

2010

|61.32 m

|Open meeting

|Hamilton, New Zealand

|4 December

2011

|62.28 m

|Porritt Classic

|Hamilton, New Zealand

|19 February

2012

|67.00 m

|World Junior Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|14 July

2013

|68.80 m {{AthAbbr|NR|New Zealand}}

|Larry Ellis Invitational

|Princeton, United States

|19 April

2014

|70.28 m {{AthAbbr|NR|New Zealand}}

|Larry Ellis Invitational

|Princeton, United States

|19 April

2015

|68.53 m

|ECAC

|Princeton, United States

|16 May

2016

|70.75 m {{AthAbbr|NR|New Zealand}}

|Southern League

|London, United Kingdom

|9 July

2017

|70.35 m

|NY Hammer Series #7

|Princeton, United States

|16 July

2018

|69.94 m

|Commonwealth Games

|Gold Coast, Australia

|10 April

2019

|71.39 m {{AthAbbr|AR|New Zealand}}

|Oceania Championships

|Townsville, Australia

|28 June

2020

|72.35 m {{AthAbbr|AR|New Zealand}}

|Porritt Classic

|Hamilton, New Zealand

|15 February

2021

|73.55 m {{AthAbbr|AR|New Zealand}}

|New Zealand National Championships

|Hastings, New Zealand

|26 March

Source: Athletics New Zealand Records & Rankings{{Cite web |title=Athletics New Zealand Rankings and Records |url=http://www.anzrankings.org.nz/site/profiles_con/athlete/518447 |access-date=19 April 2021 |website=www.anzrankings.org.nz}}

=International results=

class="wikitable"
YearEventLocationPlace
2008Pacific School GamesCanberra1st{{cite web |title=2008 Pacific School Games Track & Field Results |url=http://www.pacificschoolgames.edu.au/sports/track-field.html |publisher=Pacific School Games |date=3 December 2008 |access-date=23 February 2013}}
2009Australian Youth Olympic FestivalSydney1st{{cite web |title=Julia Ratcliffe sets NZ W16 Hammer Record and Weekly Roundup |url=http://www.athletics.org.nz/News/News.aspx?ArticleID=5015 |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |date=19 January 2009 |access-date=23 February 2013}}
2009IAAF World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen10th{{cite web |title=6th IAAF World Youth Championships – Women – Hammer Throw – Final |url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-youth-championships/2009/6th-iaaf-world-youth-championships-4141/women/hammer-throw/final/result |publisher=IAAF |date=14 July 2012 |access-date=23 February 2013}}
2010Oceania Youth ChampionshipsSydney1st{{cite web |title=Oceania Under 18 Championships |url=http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.php?id=336 |publisher=Oceania Athletics |date=14 March 2010 |access-date=23 February 2013}}
2010Youth Olympic GamesSingapore11th{{cite web |title=Singapore and the First Youth Olympics |url=http://www.athletics.org.nz/Article.aspx?Id=7147 |publisher=Athletics New Zealand |date=14 October 2010 |access-date=3 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413235342/http://www.athletics.org.nz/Article.aspx?Id=7147 |archive-date=13 April 2013}}
2012Bauhaus Junioren-GalaMannheim1st{{cite web |title=Bauhaus Junioren Gala 2012 in Mannheim |url=http://www.leichtathletik.tv/2012/Sonstiges/live_jungala12/1.htm |publisher=Leichtathletik |date=23 June 2012 |access-date=1 March 2013}}
2012IAAF World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona4th{{cite web |title=14th IAAF World Junior Championships – Women – Hammer Throw – Final Results |url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-junior-championships/2012/14th-iaaf-world-junior-championships-4872/women/hammer-throw/final/result |publisher=IAAF |date=14 July 2012 |access-date=1 March 2013}}
2013World University GamesKazan8th{{cite web |title=Women's Hammer Throw Final |url=http://kazan2013.ru/en/st_events/schedule#/hide/en/-240/Comp/Info/ResultList/ATW054101 |publisher=FISU |date=10 July 2013 |access-date=10 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707001354/http://kazan2013.ru/en/st_events/schedule#/hide/en/-240/Comp/Info/ResultList/ATW054101 |archive-date=7 July 2013}}
2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow2nd
2015World University GamesGwangju3rd{{cite web |title=Women's Hammer Throw Final |url=http://www.gwangju2015.com/IRS/eng/at/engat_athletics_results_ht_w054_1_01.htm |publisher=FISU |date=11 July 2015 |access-date=16 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024408/http://www.gwangju2015.com/IRS/eng/at/engat_athletics_results_ht_w054_1_01.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015}}
2017IAAF World ChampionshipsLondon26th{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-championships-in-athletics/2017/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/women/hammer-throw/qualification/summary#resultheader |title=Hammer Throw Women – Qualification Summary}}
2017World University GamesTaipei11th{{cite web |url=http://www.athletics.org.nz/Events/Major-Events/2017-World-University-Games |title=2017 World University Games |publisher=Athletics New Zealand}}
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast1st{{Cite web |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6025420-julia-ratcliffe.htm |title=Athletes:Athletics Profile}}
2019Oceania Championships in AthleticsTownsville1st{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/oceania-championships-townsville-2019-parnova |title=PARNOVA AND RATCLIFFE HIGHLIGHT FINAL DAY OF OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS}}
2019IAAF World Athletics ChampionshipsDoha14th{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/women/hammer-throw/qualification/summary#resultheader |title=Hammer Throw Women – Qualification Summary}}
2021Summer OlympicsTokyo9th{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/julia-ratcliffe |title=Julia Ratcliffe {{!}} New Zealand Olympic Team |access-date=2 September 2021}}
2022World Athletics ChampionshipsEugene16th{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/results/world-athletics-championships/2022/world-athletics-championships-oregon-2022-7137279/women/hammer-throw/qualification/summary#resultheader |title=Hammer Throw Women – Qualification Summary}}
2022Commonwealth GamesBirmingham2nd{{Cite web |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athletic-result/ATH/C/W/HAMMER------------/FNL-/000100-- |title=Athletics:Womens Hammer Throw Final}}

References

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External links

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{{2014 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}

{{2018 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}

{{2020 New Zealand Olympic team}}

{{2022 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}

{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Hammer Women}}

{{Footer New Zealand NC hammer throw women}}

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Category:1993 births

Category:Living people

Category:New Zealand female hammer throwers

Category:Olympic athletes for New Zealand

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand

Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand

Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics

Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in athletics

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for New Zealand

Category:Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade

Category:Princeton University alumni

Category:People educated at Waikato Diocesan School

Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Category:Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand

Category:Athletes from Waikato

Category:New Zealand Athletics Championships winners

Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners

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