Victoria Mitchell

{{short description|Australian long-distance runner}}

{{for|the broadcaster and poker player|Victoria Coren Mitchell}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = Victoria-Mitchell-Burnie-Ten-20161023-008.jpg

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| caption = Mitchell in the 2016 Burnie Ten

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|4|25}}

| birth_place = Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6029614-victoria-mitchell.htm|title=2018 CWG bio|access-date=29 April 2018}}

| height = 1.64 m

| weight = 47 kg

| country = {{AUS}}

| sport = Track and field

| event = 3000m steeplechase

| education = University of Ballarat

| coach = Peter Good

| medaltemplates =

}}

Victoria Mitchell (born 25 April 1982) is an Australian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

Victoria took part in the World Student Cross Country Championships in 2002 and finished in eleventh place.

Victoria won two Horizon League Cross Country Championships in 2004 and 2005 as a Butler University student-athlete.

Victoria finished fourth at the 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship{{Cite web|url=http://www.und.com/sports/c-xc/recaps/112105aaa.html|title = Notre Dame Athletics | the Fighting Irish}} as a Butler University{{Cite web |url=http://www.butlersports.com/sports/c-xc/mtt/mitchell_victoria00.html |title=Butler |access-date=15 August 2015 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195602/http://www.butlersports.com/sports/c-xc/mtt/mitchell_victoria00.html |url-status=dead }} senior in a time of 19:50.4.

Mitchell won the 2005 NCAA Division I steeplechase national championship, while competing at Butler.{{cite web |url=http://www.butlersports.com/genrel/070108aaa.html |title=Butler University - The Official Athletics Site: Victoria Mitchell Named To Australian Olympic Team |website=www.butlersports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219215345/http://butlersports.com/genrel/070108aaa.html |archive-date=2011-12-19}}

Her first international medal was a silver at the 2005 Summer Universiade. She was the 2007 winner of the Great Ireland Run.[http://www.greatirelandrun.org/Events/2010/RaceHistory.aspx Race History]. Great Ireland Run. Retrieved on 2010-04-25. She represented Australia at the Olympics at the 2008 Beijing Games.