Kimberley Mickle
Kimberley Mickle at the 2012 Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
28 December 1984 Perth, Western Australia |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
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| Country |
 Australia
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Javelin |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 66.83 m (219.3 ft) |
Kimberley Mickle (born 28 December 1984) is a female javelin thrower from Australia. Her personal best is 66.83 metres, achieved in March 2014 in Melbourne.
She won the gold medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships, finished ninth at the 2002 World Junior Championships, fourth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, fifth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup and sixth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. She also competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.
Mickle took the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics reaching a result of 66.60 m (PB) behind Christina Obergföll.
In 2014, she won the gold medal at the Commonwealth games with a throw of 65.96 meters.
In 2016 at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Kim failed to proceed after dislocating her throwing shoulder on her third attempt during the qualifying round.
In September 2016, Mickle signed to play professional Australian rules football for the Fremantle Football Club in the inaugural season of AFL Women's in 2017. She previously played the sport at a junior level. After missing the first round of the 2017 AFL Women's season due to a hip injury, Mickle ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament in round 2. After knee reconstruction, Mickle announced that she would concentrate on javelin in preparation for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and would not return to football.
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